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Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) R.Br. ex Sm.

This species name was first published in Cycl. 17: n.º 4 (1811)  

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-0000712289.

Synonyms of Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) R.Br. ex Sm.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Strophanthus alterniflorus (Lour.) Spreng. Syst. Veg. 1: 638 1824 wfo-0000317230
Marsdenia sylvestris (Retz.) P.I.Forst. Austral. Syst. Bot. 8: 694 1995 wfo-0000372226
Periploca sylvestris Retz. Observ. Bot. 2: 15 1781 wfo-0000392141
Asclepias geminata Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 2: 45 1832 wfo-0000551356
Cynanchum lanceolatum Poir. Encycl. Suppl. 2: 430 1812 wfo-0000633227
Cynanchum subvolubile Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl. 150 1827 wfo-0000633635
Gymnema affine Decne. Prodr. 8: 622 1844 wfo-0000712197
Gymnema alterniflorum (Lour.) Merr. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. n.s., 24(2): 318 1935 wfo-0000712200
Gymnema formosanum Schltr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 3: 307 1907 wfo-0000712221
Gymnema geminatum R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 462 1810 wfo-0000712222
Gymnema humile Decne. Prodr. 8: 621 1844 wfo-0000712232
Gymnema melicida Edgew. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 21: 174 1852 wfo-0000712253
Gymnema mkenii Harv. Gen. S. Afr. Pl. ed. 2: 239 1868 wfo-0000712255
Gymnema parvifolium Wall. Tent. Fl. Napal. 50 1826 wfo-0000712265
Gymnema subvolubile Decne. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. II, 9: 277 1838 wfo-0000712288
Gymnema sylvestre var. affine (Decne.) Tsiang Sunyatsenia 2: 197 1934 — wfo-0000738286
Gymnema sylvestre var. ceylanicum Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 4: 29 1883 — wfo-0000738287
Gymnema sylvestre var. chinense Benth. Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 5: 54 1853 — wfo-0000738288
Marsdenia geminata (R. Br.) P.I. Forst. Austral. Syst. Bot. 8(5): 805, f. 72 805 1995 wfo-0001250780
Gymnema sylvestre var. ceylanica Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India 4(10): 29 29 1883 — wfo-0001251222