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Elaeis guineensis Jacq.

This species name was first published in Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist. : 280 (1763)  

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-0000947985.

Synonyms of Elaeis guineensis Jacq.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Palma oleosa Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8. : n.° 6 (1768) wfo-0000263290
Elaeis guineensis var. albescens Becc. Contr. Conosc. Palma Olio : 62 (1914) wfo-0000401878
Elaeis guineensis f. androgyna A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66 (1910) wfo-0000401885
Elaeis guineensis var. angulosa Becc. Contr. Conosc. Palma Olio : 49 (1914) wfo-0000401891
Elaeis guineensis f. caryolitica Becc. Contr. Conosc. Palma Olio : 65 (1914) wfo-0000401901
Elaeis guineensis var. ceredia A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66 (1910) wfo-0000401907
Elaeis guineensis var. compressa Becc. Contr. Conosc. Palma Olio : 71 (1914) wfo-0000401914
Elaeis guineensis f. dioica A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66 (1910) wfo-0000401921
Elaeis guineensis f. dura Becc. Contr. Conosc. Palma Olio : 37 (1914) wfo-0000401929
Elaeis guineensis f. fatua Becc. Contr. Conosc. Palma Olio : 54 (1914) wfo-0000401936
Elaeis guineensis var. gracilinux A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66 (1910) wfo-0000401944
Elaeis guineensis var. idolatrica A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66 (1910) wfo-0000401953
Elaeis guineensis var. intermedia A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66 (1910) wfo-0000401959
Elaeis guineensis var. leucocarpa Becc. Contr. Conosc. Palma Olio : 40 (1914) wfo-0000401966
Elaeis guineensis var. macrocarpa A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66 (1910) wfo-0000401974
Elaeis guineensis var. macrocarya Becc. Contr. Conosc. Palma Olio : 71 (1914) wfo-0000401981
Elaeis guineensis var. macrophylla A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66 (1910) wfo-0000401990
Elaeis guineensis subsp. nigrescens A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 46 (1910) wfo-0000401998
Elaeis guineensis var. pisifera A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66 (1910) wfo-0000402000
Elaeis guineensis f. ramosa A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66 (1910) wfo-0000402004
Elaeis guineensis var. repanda A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66 (1910) wfo-0000402011
Elaeis guineensis var. rostrata Becc. Contr. Conosc. Palma Olio : 50 (1914) wfo-0000402017
Elaeis guineensis f. semidura Becc. Contr. Conosc. Palma Olio : 56 (1914) wfo-0000402024
Elaeis guineensis var. sempernigra A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66 (1910) wfo-0000402030
Elaeis guineensis var. spectabilis A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66 (1910) wfo-0000402035
Elaeis guineensis f. tenera Becc. Contr. Conosc. Palma Olio : 38 (1914) wfo-0000402041
Elaeis guineensis subsp. virescens A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 60 (1910) wfo-0000402047
Elaeis guineensis var. macrosperma Welw. Apont. : 584 (1859) wfo-0000838585
Elaeis guineensis var. microsperma Welw. Apont. : 584 (1859) wfo-0000838586
Elaeis dybowskii Hua Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 1: 315 (1895) wfo-0000947984
Elaeis guineensis var. madagascariensis Jum. & H.Perrier Mat. Gross : 6 (1911) wfo-0000947986
Elaeis macrophylla A.Chev. Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 676 (1920) wfo-0000947987
Elaeis madagascariensis (Jum. & H.Perrier) Becc. Palme Madagascar : 55 (1914) wfo-0000947989
Elaeis melanococca Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 18 (1788) wfo-0000947990
Elaeis nigrescens (A.Chev.) Prain Index Kew. Suppl. 4: 77 (1913) wfo-0000947991
Elaeis virescens A.Chev. Vég. Utiles Afrique Trop. Franç. vii. 60 (1910). wfo-0000947997
Elaeis virescens (A.Chev.) Prain Index Kew. Suppl. 4: 77 (1913) wfo-1000047730
Elaeis humilis Thouin Encycl. Méth., Agric. 1: 745 1790 wfo-1000065786
Elaeis racemosa Thouin Encycl. Méth., Agric. 1: 745 1790 wfo-1000065787
Elaeis cirrhosa Thouin Encycl. Méth., Agric. 1: 745 1790 wfo-1000065789
Elaeis mocaya Thouin Encycl. Méth., Agric. 1: 745 1790 wfo-1000065790