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Desmidorchis retrospiciens Ehrenb.

This species name was first published in Über Pollen Asclep. : 12 (1831)  

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-0000642096.

Synonyms of Desmidorchis retrospiciens Ehrenb.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Stapelia desmidorchis Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 631 (1841) wfo-0000431056
Boucerosia acutangula (Decne.) Decne. Prodr. 8: 648 (1844) wfo-0000569817
Boucerosia russeliana Courbai ex Brongn. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 7: 900 (1860) wfo-0000569850
Boucerosia tombuctuensis A.Chev. Compt. Rend. Congr. Intern. Bot. : 271 (1900 publ. 1901) wfo-0000569854
Caralluma acutangula (Decne.) N.E.Br. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 12: 369 (1892) wfo-0000586068
Caralluma hirtiflora N.E.Br. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 264 (1895) wfo-0000586211
Caralluma retrospiciens (Ehrenb.) N.E.Br. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 12: 370 (1892) wfo-0000586296
Caralluma retrospiciens var. acutangula (Decne.) A.Chev. Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 14: 270. 1934 wfo-0000586298
Caralluma retrospiciens var. glabra N.E.Br. Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 481. 1903 wfo-0000586299
Caralluma retrospiciens var. hirtiflora (N.E.Br.) A.Berger Stapel. & Klein. 71. 1910 wfo-0000586300
Caralluma retrospiciens subsp. tombuctuensis (A.Chev.) A.Chev. Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 14: 266. 1934 (1934) wfo-0000586301
Caralluma retrospiciens var. tombuctuensis (A.Chev.) A.C.White & B.Sloane Stapelieae ed. 2, 1: 240. 1937 wfo-0000586302
Caralluma russelliana (Courbai ex Brongn.) Cufod. Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 39(Suppl.): XXX (1969) wfo-0000586310
Caralluma tombuctuensis (A.Chev.) N.E.Br. Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 622 (1904) wfo-0000586341
Desmidorchis acutangula Decne. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 2, 9: 265 (1838) wfo-0000642075
Caralluma retrospiciens var. laxiflora Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 30: 357. 1939 wfo-0000738247
Stapelia congestiflora Delile Sec. Voy. Choa : 345 (1846) wfo-0001102520
Caralluma retrospiciens var. acutangula (Decne.) A.C.White & B.Sloane Stapelieae 1: 242 1937 wfo-0001251915