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Myrsine africana L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 196 (1753) Link to external nomenclature reference

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
Myrica montana Vahl Symb. Bot. 2: 99 (1791) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000447453
Myrsine acuta Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 141 (1796) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000448786
Myrsine rotundifolia Lam. Encycl. 4: 194 (1797) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000449025
Myrsine scabra Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 282 (1788) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000449044
Myrsine glabra Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 282 (1788) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000449112
Samara potama Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal. : 146 (1825) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000506200
Buxus dioica Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : 159 (1775) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000576490
Myrsine bifaria Wall. Fl. Ind. (Carey & Wallich ed.) 2: 296. 1824 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001085795
Myrsine bottensis A.DC. Prodr. 8: 93 (1844) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001085797
Myrsine africana var. retusa A.DC. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17(1): 105 1834 wfo-0001085919
Myrsine potama D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal. : 146 (1825) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001085920
Myrsine africana var. bifaria (Wall.) Franch. Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 2: 82 1883 wfo-0001085921
Myrsine microphylla Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 3: 149. 1913 [25 Dec 1913] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001085922
Myrsine vacciniifolia Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 5: 87 (1915) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001085923
Myrsine africana var. africana wfo-0001085924
Myrsine africana var. acuminata C.Y.Wu & C.Chen Fl. Yunnanica 1: 378 (1977) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001085925
Rhamnus myrtillus H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 535 (1913) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001131319
Myrsine africana var. glandulosa J.M.Zhang Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 15: 47 (1995) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001236068