As classified in WFO snapshot
December 2024
latest classification for this taxon
species
Theobroma cacao
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.
Literature
Synonyms of Theobroma cacao
| Name | Author | Protologue | Nomenclator | WFO link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theobroma caribaeum | Hort. Brit. [Sweet], ed. 2. 67. 1830 | wfo-0000458437 | ||
| Theobroma sphaerocarpum | Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 4: 12 (1908) | wfo-0000458707 | ||
| Theobroma leiocarpum | Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 24(3): 6 (1871) | wfo-0000458740 | ||
| Theobroma sapidum | Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. 1: 183 (1932) | wfo-0000458746 | ||
| Theobroma salzmanniana | Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 24(3): 7 (1871) | wfo-0000458747 | ||
| Theobroma cacao f. leiocarpum | Rodriguésia 4: 274. 1940 | wfo-0000459610 | ||
| Theobroma cacao subsp. leiocarpum | Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(3A): 654 (1956) | wfo-0000459611 | ||
| Theobroma cacao var. leiocarpum | Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis. Mat. Nat. Reale Accad. Italia 4: 604 (1933) | wfo-0000459612 | ||
| Theobroma cacao subsp. sphaerocarpum | Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 35: 515 (1964) | wfo-0000459613 | ||
| Cacao minar | Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 190 1791 | — | wfo-0000577468 | |
| Cacao sativa | Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 689 (1775) | wfo-0000577469 | ||
| Cacao theobroma | Fl. Antill. 1: t. 13 (1811) | wfo-0000577471 | ||
| Theobroma sativum | Bull. Soc. Linn. Normandie 8: 263 (1904) | wfo-0000737041 | ||
| Theobroma kalagua | Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 957 (1899) | wfo-0001140666 | ||
| Theobroma cacao subsp. cacao | – | – | — | wfo-0001140811 |
| Theobroma pentagonum | Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 24(3): 6 (1871) | wfo-0001140812 | ||
| Cacao minus | Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 190 (1791) | wfo-0001269428 | ||
| Theobroma integerrimum | Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 83 (1812) | wfo-0001269429 | ||
| Theobroma saltzmanniana | Übersicht Theobroma 7, t. 2 1869 | — | wfo-0001269430 | |
| Theobroma sativa | Bull. Soc. Linn. Normandie 8: 263 (1904) | wfo-0001269431 | ||
| Theobroma sativa var. leucosperma | Bull. Inter. Bot. Appliq. 26: 270 1946 | — | wfo-0001269432 | |
| Theobroma sativa var. melanosperma | Bull. Inter. Bot. Appliq. 26: 270 1946 | — | wfo-0001269433 | |
| Theobroma cacao subsp. sativa | Hardy's Cacao Man. 312 1960 | — | wfo-0001269434 | |
| Theobroma cacao subsp. pentagonum | Hardy's Cacao Man. : 312 (1960) | wfo-0001269435 | ||
| Theobroma cacao f. pentagonum | Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 35: 513. 1964 | wfo-0001325120 | ||
| Theobroma cacao f. lacandonense | Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 35: 514. 1964 | wfo-0001325121 | ||
| Theobroma minus | – | — | wfo-1000064954 | |
| Theobroma sativum var. leucospermum | – | — | wfo-1200097509 | |
| Theobroma sativum var. melanospermum | – | — | wfo-1200097510 |