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Strychnos spinosa Lam.

This species name was first published in Tabl. Encycl. 2: 38 (1794)  

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-0000502889.

Synonyms of Strychnos spinosa Lam.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Strychnos vuntac Bojer Hortus Maurit. : 205 (1837) wfo-0000501237
Strychnos courtetii A.Chev. Études Fl. Afr. Centr. Franç. 1: 203 (1913) wfo-0000502688
Strychnos dulcis A.Chev. Études Fl. Afr. Centr. Franç. 1: 203 (1913) wfo-0000502758
Strychnos pluvialis A.Chev. Études Fl. Afr. Centr. Franç. 1: 204 (1913) wfo-0000502844
Strychnos leiosepala Gilg & Busse Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36: 111 (1905) wfo-0000502954
Strychnos meughe Chiov. Racc. Bot. : 83 (1935) wfo-0000502985
Brehmia spinosa (Lam.) Harv. London J. Bot. 1: 26 (1842) wfo-0000572145
Strychnos flacurtii Desv. ex Thouars J. Bot. (Desvaux) 1: 251 (1808) wfo-0001073891
Strychnos lokua A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 52 (1850) wfo-0001073892
Strychnos laxa Soler. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 554 (1893) wfo-0001073893
Strychnos buettneri Gilg Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 574 (1893) wfo-0001073894
Strychnos gracillima Gilg Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 573 (1893) wfo-0001073895
Strychnos schweinfurthii Gilg Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 568 (1893) wfo-0001073896
Strychnos tonga Gilg Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 575 (1893) wfo-0001073897
Strychnos volkensii Gilg ex Engl. Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1894: 25 (1894) wfo-0001073898
Strychnos miniungansamba Gilg Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 1: 77 (1895) wfo-0001073899
Strychnos carvalhoi Gilg Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 123 (1899) wfo-0001073900
Strychnos sansibariensis Gilg Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 124 (1899) wfo-0001073901
Strychnos euryphylla Gilg & Busse Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 179 (1902) wfo-0001073902
Strychnos megalocarpa Gilg & Busse Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 180 (1902) wfo-0001073903
Strychnos omphalocarpa Gilg & Busse Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 181 (1902) wfo-0001073904
Strychnos emarginata Baker Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 537 (1903) wfo-0001073905
Strychnos gilletii De Wild. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot. , sér. 5, 1: 176 (1904) wfo-0001073906
Strychnos cardiophylla Gilg & Busse Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36: 110 (1905) wfo-0001073907
Strychnos gracillima var. paucispinosa De Wild. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot. , sér. 4, 1: 97 (1903) wfo-0001073908
Strychnos spinosa var. pubescens Baker Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(2): 537 (1903) wfo-0001073909
Strychnos cuneifolia Gilg & Busse Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36: 109 (1905) wfo-0001073910
Strychnos harmsii Gilg & Busse Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36: 109 (1905) wfo-0001073911
Strychnos radiosperma Gilg & Busse Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36: 108 (1905) wfo-0001073912
Strychnos rhombifolia Gilg & Busse Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36: 107 (1905) wfo-0001073913
Strychnos unguacha var. retusa Chiov. Fl. Somala 2: 305 (1932) wfo-0001073914
Strychnos mueghe Chiov. Racc. Bot. : 83 (1935) wfo-0001073915
Strychnos djalonis A.Chev. Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 27: 358 (1947) wfo-0001073916
Strychnos spinosa subsp. lokua (A.Rich.) Bruce Kew Bull. 10: 42 (1955) wfo-0001074131
Strychnos spinosa subsp. spinosa wfo-0001074152
Strychnos volkensii Gilg Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 1: 76 (1895) wfo-1200030993
Strychnos madagascariensis Spreng. ex Baker Fl. Mauritius : 235 (1877) wfo-1200031012
Strychnos spinosa subsp. volkensii (Gilg) E.A.Bruce Kew Bull. 10: 40 (1955) wfo-1200031046