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Ecballium elaterium (L.) A.Rich.

This species name was first published in Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. 6: 19 (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-0000659225.

Synonyms of Ecballium elaterium (L.) A.Rich.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Momordica aspera Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 191 (1779) wfo-0000376902
Momordica officinarum-elaterium Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 171 (1766) wfo-0000376997
Momordica elastica Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 158 (1796) wfo-0000377025
Momordica elaterium L. Sp. Pl. : 1010 (1753) wfo-0000377026
Momordica ecirrhata Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 465 (1812) wfo-0000377042
Bryonia elaterium E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. Abbild. , ed. 2, 12: 244 (1904) wfo-0000572988
Cucumis agrestis Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 294. wfo-0000628792
Ecballium agreste Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 294. wfo-0000659223
Ecballium officinale T.Nees Pl. Officin. : t. 271 (1828) wfo-0000659229
Ecballium officinarum Rich. ex M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 52 (1846) wfo-0000659230
Ecballium purgans Schrad. Linnaea 12: 421 (1838) wfo-0000659231
Elaterium cordifolium Moench Methodus : 503 (1794) wfo-0000665255

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link