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March 2019

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Myrsine africana L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 196 (1753)  

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-0000448784.

Synonyms of Myrsine africana L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Myrsine bifaria Wall. Fl. Ind., ed. 1820 2: 296–297 296 1824 wfo-0001085795
Myrsine africana var. retusa A. DC. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17(1): 105 105 1834 wfo-0001085919
Myrsine potama D. Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 146 146 1825 wfo-0001085920
Myrsine africana var. bifaria (Wall.) Franch. Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 2: 82 82 1883 wfo-0001085921
Myrsine microphylla Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 3: 149–150 149 1913 wfo-0001085922
Myrsine vaccinifolia Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 5: 87–88 87 1915 wfo-0001085923
Myrsine africana var. africana wfo-0001085924
Myrsine africana var. acuminata C.Y. Wu & C. Chen Fl. Yunnan. 1: 378 378 1977 wfo-0001085925
Rhamnus myrtillus H. Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12(341–345): 535 535 1913 wfo-0001131319
Myrsine africana var. glandulosa J.M. Zhang Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 15(1): 47–48 47 1995 wfo-0001236068