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December 2024

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Gloriosa superba L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 305 (1753)  

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-0000769245.

Synonyms of Gloriosa superba L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Methonica doniana (Schult. & Schult.f.) Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 277 (1843) wfo-0000690662
Methonica gloriosa Salisb. Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 331 (1812) wfo-0000690803
Methonica superba (L.) Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 474 (1766) wfo-0000692126
Methonica plantii hort. ex Planch. Fl. des Serres ix. (1853-54) I. 865. wfo-0000692216
Eugone superba (L.) Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 238 (1796) wfo-0000767086
Gloriosa angulata Schumach. Beskr. Guin. Pl. : 171 (1827) wfo-0000769220
Gloriosa cirrhifolia Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 237 (1812) wfo-0000769226
Gloriosa doniana Schult. & Schult.f. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 366 (1829) wfo-0000769227
Gloriosa lutea Anon. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 29: 413 (1901) wfo-0000769233
Gloriosa nepalensis G.Don Hort. Brit. : 131 (1830) wfo-0000769237
Gloriosa rockefelleriana Stehlé & M.Stehlé Bull. Soc. Bot. France 111: 284 (1965) wfo-0000769239
Gloriosa rothschildiana O'Brien Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 33: 322 (1903) wfo-0000769240
Gloriosa superba var. angustifolia Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 17: 458 (1879) wfo-0000769246
Gloriosa verschuurii Hoog J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 75: 22 (1950) wfo-0000769248
Gloriosa superba f. doniana (Schult. & Schult.f.) T.Durand & Schinz Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 417 (1894) wfo-0000772989
Gloriosa superba var. superba wfo-0001286021
Methonica senegalensis Poit. Bon Jard. 1837: 507 (1837) wfo-1000037582
Gloriosa superba f. angustifolia Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 316 (1898) wfo-1200073088