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June 2024

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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
Myrica montana Vahl Symb. Bot. 2: 99 (1791) wfo-0000447453
Myrsine acuta Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 141 (1796) wfo-0000448786
Myrsine rotundifolia Lam. Encycl. 4: 194 (1797) wfo-0000449025
Myrsine retusa Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 271 (1789) wfo-0000449034
Myrsine scabra Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 282 (1788) wfo-0000449044
Myrsine glabra Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 282 (1788) wfo-0000449112
Samara potama Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal. : 146 (1825) wfo-0000506200
Buxus dioica Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : 159 (1775) wfo-0000576490
Myrsine bifaria Wall. Fl. Ind. 2: 296 (1824) wfo-0001085795
Myrsine bottensis A.DC. Prodr. 8: 93 (1844) wfo-0001085797
Myrsine africana var. retusa A.DC. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17: 105 (1834) wfo-0001085919
Myrsine potama D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal. : 146 (1825) wfo-0001085920
Myrsine africana var. bifaria (Wall.) Franch. Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. , sér. 2, 6: 82 (1883) wfo-0001085921
Myrsine microphylla Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 3: 149 (1913) wfo-0001085922
Myrsine vacciniifolia Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 5: 87 (1915) wfo-0001085923
Myrsine africana var. africana wfo-0001085924
Myrsine africana var. acuminata C.Y.Wu & C.Chen Fl. Yunnanica 1: 378 (1977) wfo-0001085925
Rhamnus myrtillus H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 535 (1913) wfo-0001131319
Myrsine africana var. glandulosa J.M.Zhang Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 15: 47 (1995) wfo-0001236068