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Cynanchum africanum (L.) Hoffmanns.

This species name was first published in Verz. Pfl.-Kult. : 54 (1824)  

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-0000632759.

Synonyms of Cynanchum africanum (L.) Hoffmanns.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Periploca africana L. Sp. Pl. : 211 (1753) wfo-0000392115
Periploca pallida Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 148 (1796) wfo-0000392149
Vincetoxicum pilosum (Decne.) G.Nicholson Ill. Dict. Gard. 4: 160 (1887) wfo-0000421024
Cynanchum africanum R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 440 (1810) wfo-0000632758
Cynanchum crassifolium R.Br. Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1: 46 (1811) wfo-0000632959
Cynanchum intermedium N.E.Br. Fl. Cap. 4(1): 747 (1908) wfo-0000633186
Cynanchum pilosum R.Br. Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1: 46 (1811) wfo-0000633474
Cynanchum rotundifolium Thunb. ex Decne. Prodr. 8: 552 (1844) wfo-0000633549
Cynoctonum pilosum E.Mey. Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. : 216 (1838) wfo-0000633826
Cynanchum africanum var. crassifolium (R.Br.) N.E.Br. Fl. Cap. 4(1): 749. 1908 wfo-0000738253
Cynanchum obtusifolium var. pilosum (R.Br.) Schltr. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18(45): 10 1894 wfo-0000738257
Cynoctonum crassifolium var. pilosum (R.Br.) Decne. Prodr. 8: 530 1844 wfo-0000738261
Vincetoxicum africanum (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 422 (1891) wfo-0001103122
Cynanchum africanum var. africanum wfo-0001103575