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June 2025

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Comptonia peregrina (L.) Coult.

This species name was first published in Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 127 (1894)  

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-0000617626.

Synonyms of Comptonia peregrina (L.) Coult.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Comptonia aspleniifolia Banks Fruct. Sem. Pl. ii. 58. t. 90 (1791). wfo-0000617624
Comptonia ceterach Mirb. Traité Arbr. Arbust. , nouv. éd., 2: t. 11 (1804) wfo-0000617625
Comptonia peregrina var. aspleniifolia (L.) Fernald Rhodora 40: 410 (1938) wfo-0000617627
Comptonia peregrina var. tomentosa A.Chev. Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg 32: 196 (1901) wfo-0000617629
Liquidambar peregrina L. Sp. Pl. : 999 (1753) wfo-0001065280
Myrica aspleniifolia L. Sp. Pl. : 1024 (1753) wfo-0001085102
Comptonia peregrina var. peregrina wfo-0001085130
Myrica peregrina (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 638 (1891) wfo-0001085145
Myrica comptonia C.DC. Prodr. 16(2): 151 (1864) wfo-0001085159
Comptonia asplenifolia (L.) L'Hér. ex Aiton Hort. Kew. 3: 334 1789 wfo-0001249410
Liquidambar asplenifolia (L.) C.F.Ludw. Neuere Wilde Baumz. 27 1783 wfo-0001249411
Myrica aspleniifolia var. tomentosa (A.Chev.) Gleason Phytologia 4: 23 (1952) wfo-0001374599
Liquidambar aspleniifolia L. wfo-1000046772
Comptonia aspleniifolia (L.) L'Hér. Hort. Kew. 3: 334 (1789) wfo-1200064948