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June 2025

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Canthium thonningii Benth.

This species name was first published in Niger Fl. : 410 (1849)  

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-0000800345.

Synonyms of Canthium thonningii Benth.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Phallaria spinosa Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl. : 113 (1827) wfo-0000268358
Vangueriella spinosa (Schumach. & Thonn.) Verdc. Kew Bull. 42: 194 (1987) wfo-0000331364
Vangueriopsis leucodermis (K.Krause) Hutch. & Dalziel Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 116 (1931) wfo-0000331379
Vangueriopsis membranacea Robyns Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 11: 271 (1928) wfo-0000331381
Vangueriopsis spinosa (Schumach. & Thonn.) Hepper Kew Bull. 17: 170 (1963) wfo-0000331390
Vangueriopsis violacea Robyns Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 11: 270 (1928) wfo-0000331393
Canthium stenosepalum Lantz Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 146: 279 (2004) wfo-0000336044
Chomelia leucodermis K.Krause Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 136 (1909) wfo-0000849651