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July 2018

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Theobroma cacao L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 782 (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-0000458440.

Synonyms of Theobroma cacao L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Theobroma leiocarpum Bernoulli Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. wfo-0000458740
Theobroma sapidum Pittier Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. wfo-0000458746
Theobroma cacao f. leiocarpum (Bernoulli) Ducke Rodriguésia wfo-0000459610
Theobroma cacao subsp. leiocarpum (Bernoulli) Cuatrec. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. wfo-0000459611
Theobroma cacao var. leiocarpum (Bernoulli) Cif. Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis. Mat. Nat. Reale Accad. Italia wfo-0000459612
Cacao minar Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. wfo-0000577468
Cacao sativa Aubl. Hist. Pl. Guiane wfo-0000577469
Cacao theobroma Tussac Fl. Antill. wfo-0000577471
Theobroma sativum (Aubl.) Lign. & Bey Bull. Soc. Linn. Normandie wfo-0000737041
Theobroma kalagua De Wild. Bull. Herb. Boissier wfo-0001140666
Theobroma cacao subsp. cacao wfo-0001140811
Theobroma pentagonum Bernoulli Übersicht Theobroma wfo-0001140812
Cacao minus Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. wfo-0001269428
Theobroma integerrima Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. wfo-0001269429
Theobroma saltzmanniana Bernoulli Übersicht Theobroma wfo-0001269430
Theobroma sativa (Aubl.) Lign. & Le Bey Bull. Soc. Linn. Normandie wfo-0001269431
Theobroma sativa var. leucosperma A. Chev. Bull. Inter. Bot. Appliq. wfo-0001269432
Theobroma sativa var. melanosperma A. Chev. Bull. Inter. Bot. Appliq. wfo-0001269433
Theobroma cacao subsp. sativa (Aubl.) León Hardys Cacao Man. wfo-0001269434
Theobroma cacao subsp. pentagona (Bernoulli) León Hardys Cacao Man. wfo-0001269435

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link