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Carissa bispinosa Desf.

This species name was first published in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8: 502 (1954)  

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-0000802966.

Synonyms of Carissa bispinosa Desf.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Jasminonerium acuminatum (E.Mey.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 414 (1891) wfo-0000219450
Jasminonerium bispinosum (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 414 (1891) wfo-0000219453
Jasminonerium erythrocarpum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 414 (1891) wfo-0000219459
Arduina acuminata E.Mey. Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. : 191 (1838) wfo-0000261591
Arduina bispinosa L. Mant. Pl. 1: 52 (1767) wfo-0000261601
Arduina erythrocarpa Eckl. S. African Quart. J. 1: 372 (1830) wfo-0000261650
Arduina megaphylla Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 59 (1918) wfo-0000261717
Carandas arduina S.Moore J. Bot. 41: 403 (1903) wfo-0000802359
Carissa acuminata (E.Mey.) A.DC. Prodr. 8: 335 (1844) wfo-0000802923
Carissa arduina Lam. Encycl. 1: 555 (1785) wfo-0000802945
Carissa bispinosa var. acuminata (E.Mey.) Codd Bothalia 7: 451. 1961 wfo-0000802977
Carissa bispinosa subsp. zambesiensis Kupicha Bol. Soc. Brot. , sér. 2.A, 53: 321 (1980) wfo-0000802997
Carissa cordata (Mill.) Fourc. Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 21: 82 (1932) wfo-0000803120
Carissa cordata Dinter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 53: 112 (1928) wfo-0000803132
Carissa dinteri Markgr. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 758 (1942) wfo-0000803227
Carissa erythrocarpa A.DC. Prodr. 8: 335 (1844) wfo-0000803388
Carissa myrtoides Desf. Tabl. École Bot. , ed. 3: 398 (1829) wfo-0000803607
Carissa sessiliflora Brongn. ex Pichon Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 2: 138 (1949) wfo-0000803836
Carissa sessiliflora var. grandiflora Markgr. Adansonia n.s., 10: 25. 1970 wfo-0000803848
Carissa sessiliflora var. meridionalis Pichon Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 2: 139. 1949 wfo-0000803859
Carissa sessiliflora var. orientalis Pichon Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 2: 139. 1949 wfo-0000803870
Carissa wyliei N.E.Br. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906: 165 (1906) wfo-0000804015
Carissa bispinosa var. bispinosa wfo-0001072538