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Desfontainia splendens Bonpl.

This species name was first published in Pl. Aequinoct. 1: 157 (1807)  

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-0000642033.

Synonyms of Desfontainia splendens Bonpl.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Desfontainia acutangula Dunal Prodr. 13(1): 676 (1852) wfo-0000642016
Desfontainia costaricensis Woodson Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47: 73 (1960) wfo-0000642018
Desfontainia obovata Kraenzl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40: 312 (1908) wfo-0000642023
Desfontainia parvifolia D.Don Edinburgh New Philos. J. 1831(July-Sept.): 275 (1831) wfo-0000642024
Desfontainia plowmanii R.E.Schult. Revista Acad. Colomb. Ci. Exact. 65: 316 (1989) wfo-0000642025
Desfontainia pulchra Moldenke Phytologia 2: 216 (1947) wfo-0000642026
Desfontainia spinosa var. acutangula (Dunal) R.E.Schult. Revista Acad. Colomb. Ci. Exact. 65: 318 (1989) wfo-0000642028
Desfontainia spinosa var. parvifolia (D.Don) Hook. Hooker's Icon. Pl. 1: t. 33 (1837) wfo-0000642032
Desfontainia steyermarkii Moldenke Phytologia 2: 217 (1947) wfo-0000642035
Linkia splendens (Bonpl.) Poir. Encycl. , Suppl. 3: 449 (1814) wfo-0001074180