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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 caribaeum Sweet Hort. Brit. [Sweet], ed. 2. 67. 1830 wfo-0000458437
Theobroma sphaerocarpum A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 4: 12 (1908) wfo-0000458707
Theobroma leiocarpum Bernoulli Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 24(3): 6 (1871) wfo-0000458740
Theobroma sapidum Pittier Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. 1: 183 (1932) wfo-0000458746
Theobroma salzmanniana Bernoulli Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 24(3): 7 (1871) wfo-0000458747
Theobroma cacao f. leiocarpum (Bernoulli) Ducke Rodriguésia 4: 274. 1940 wfo-0000459610
Theobroma cacao subsp. leiocarpum (Bernoulli) Cuatrec. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(3A): 654 (1956) wfo-0000459611
Theobroma cacao var. leiocarpum (Bernoulli) Cif. Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis. Mat. Nat. Reale Accad. Italia 4: 604 (1933) wfo-0000459612
Theobroma cacao subsp. sphaerocarpum (A.Chev.) Cuatrec. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 35: 515 (1964) wfo-0000459613
Cacao minar Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 190 1791 wfo-0000577468
Cacao sativa Aubl. Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 689 (1775) wfo-0000577469
Cacao theobroma Tussac Fl. Antill. 1: t. 13 (1811) wfo-0000577471
Theobroma sativum (Aubl.) Lign. & Bey Bull. Soc. Linn. Normandie 8: 263 (1904) wfo-0000737041
Theobroma kalagua De Wild. Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 957 (1899) wfo-0001140666
Theobroma cacao subsp. cacao wfo-0001140811
Theobroma pentagonum Bernoulli Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 24(3): 6 (1871) wfo-0001140812
Cacao minus Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 190 (1791) wfo-0001269428
Theobroma integerrimum Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 83 (1812) wfo-0001269429
Theobroma saltzmanniana Bernoulli Übersicht Theobroma 7, t. 2 1869 wfo-0001269430
Theobroma sativa (Aubl.) Lign. & Bey Bull. Soc. Linn. Normandie 8: 263 (1904) wfo-0001269431
Theobroma sativa var. leucosperma A.Chev. Bull. Inter. Bot. Appliq. 26: 270 1946 wfo-0001269432
Theobroma sativa var. melanosperma A.Chev. Bull. Inter. Bot. Appliq. 26: 270 1946 wfo-0001269433
Theobroma cacao subsp. sativa (Aubl.) León Hardy's Cacao Man. 312 1960 wfo-0001269434
Theobroma cacao subsp. pentagonum (Bernoulli) León Hardy's Cacao Man. : 312 (1960) wfo-0001269435
Theobroma cacao f. pentagonum (Bernoulli) Cuatrec. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 35: 513. 1964 wfo-0001325120
Theobroma cacao f. lacandonense Cuatrec. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 35: 514. 1964 wfo-0001325121
Theobroma minus (Gaertn.) A.Chev. wfo-1000064954
Theobroma sativum var. leucospermum A.Chev. wfo-1200097509
Theobroma sativum var. melanospermum A.Chev. wfo-1200097510