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Litchi chinensis Sonn.

This species name was first published in Voy. Indes Orient. , ed. 2, 3: 255 (1782)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000446283.

Synonyms of Litchi chinensis Sonn.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Nephelium chinense (Sonn.) Druce Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 637 (1917) wfo-0000381165
Nephelium didymum (Blanco) Craib Fl. Siam. 1: 329 (1926) wfo-0000381182
Nephelium litchi Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 191 (1841) wfo-0000381253
Litchi chinensis var. euspontanea H.H.Hsue J. S. China Agric. Univ. 4(2): 33 (1983) wfo-0000446278
Scytalia litschi Roxb. Tracts St. Helena : 322 (1816) wfo-0000493039
Scytalia chinensis Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 197 (1788) wfo-0000493064
Scytalia squamosa Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 385 (1812) wfo-0000493377
Corvinia litschi Stadtm. ex P.Willemet Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 18: 28 (1796) wfo-0000621999
Euphoria didyma Blanco Fl. Filip. : 288 (1837) wfo-0000682213
Euphoria litchi Desf. Tabl. École Bot. 135. 1804 (as lit-chi) wfo-0000682224
Euphoria punicea Lam. Encycl. 3: 573 (1792) wfo-0000682239
Euphoria sinensis J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis] : 611 (1791) wfo-0000682247
Litchi sinensis J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis] : 635 (1791) wfo-0001135043
Nephelium litchi Cambess. Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 18: 30 (1829) wfo-0001135044
Sapindus edulis Aiton Hort. Kew. 2: 36 (1789) wfo-0001278649

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link