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Adansonia digitata L.

This species name was first published in Syst. Nat. ed. 10 2: 1144, 1382 (1759)  

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-0000519672.

Synonyms of Adansonia digitata L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Adansonia bahobab L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2 : 960 (1763) wfo-0000519668
Adansonia baobab Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 253 (1791) wfo-0000519669
Adansonia integrifolia Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 149 (1838) wfo-0000519680
Adansonia scutula Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 24 (1840) wfo-0000519686
Adansonia situla (Lour.) Spreng. Syst. Veg. 3: 124 (1826) wfo-0000519688
Adansonia somalensis Chiov. Fl. Somala 2: 29, in ic., 30, in obs. 1932 wfo-0000519689
Adansonia sphaerocarpa A.Chev. Compt. Rend. Congr. Intern. Bot. : 271 (1900 publ. 1901) wfo-0000519690
Adansonia sulcata A.Chev. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 53: 49 (1906) wfo-0000519693
Baobabus digitata Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 67 (1891) wfo-0000559855
Ophelus sitularius Lour. Fl. Cochinch. : 412 (1790) wfo-0001226738
Adansonia kilima Pettigrew, K.L.Bell, Bhagw., Grinan, Jillani, Jean Mey., Wabuyele & C.E.Vickers Taxon 61(6): 1248. 2012 [14 Dec 2012] wfo-0001334600