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June 2025

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Prunus myrtifolia (L.) Urb.

This species name was first published in Symb. Antill. 5: 93 (1904)  

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-0001013901.

Synonyms of Prunus myrtifolia (L.) Urb.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Celastrus myrtifolius L. Sp. Pl. : 196 (1753) wfo-0000985466
Prunus sphaerocarpa Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. : 81 (1788) wfo-0000990889
Prunus dussii Krug & Urb. Ann. Inst. Colon. Marseille 3: 259 (1897) wfo-0000995872
Prunus acutissima Urb. Symb. Antill. 5: 349 (1908) wfo-0000996486
Prunus tikalana Lundell Wrightia 4: 88 (1968) wfo-0000996491
Cerasus sphaerocarpa (Sw.) Loisel. Traité Arbr. Arbust. (Duhamel), nouv. éd. 5: 4. wfo-0000996584
Prunus pleuradenia Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I. : 231 (1860) wfo-0001005266
Laurocerasus myrtifolia Britton N. Amer. Trees 510 (1908). wfo-0001014140
Prunus myrtifolia var. myrtifolia wfo-0001131940
Lauro-cerasus sphaerocarpa (Sw.) M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 89 (1847) wfo-0001355488
Lauro-cerasus sphaerocarpa var. brasiliensis M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 89 (1847) wfo-0001393530
Prunus myrtifolia var. brasiliensis (M.Roem.) Koehne Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 52: 320 (1915) wfo-0001396301
Prunus myrtifolia var. glaziovii Koehne Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 52: 320 (1915) wfo-0001396302
Lauro-cerasus myrtifolia (L.) Britton N. Amer. Trees : 510 (1908) wfo-0001417799