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Moringa oleifera Lam.

This species name was first published in Encycl. 1: 398 (1785)  

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-0001085051.

Synonyms of Moringa oleifera Lam.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Moringa nux-eben Desf. Tabl. École Bot. , ed. 3: 303 (1829) wfo-0000448121
Moringa erecta Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 326 (1796) wfo-0000448126
Moringa edulis Medik. Theodora : 48 (1786) wfo-0000448127
Moringa domestica Buch.-Ham. Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 5: 371 (1826) wfo-0000448128
Moringa amara Durin Rev. Gén. Bot. 25: 469 (1913) wfo-0000448133
Moringa robusta Bojer Hortus Maurit. : 117 (1837) wfo-0000448134
Moringa sylvestris Buch.-Ham. Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 5: 373 (1826) wfo-0000448141
Moringa octogona Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 466 (1812) wfo-0000448143
Moringa pterygosperma Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 314 (t. 147, fig. 2). 1791 wfo-0000448146
Moringa polygona DC. Prodr. 2: 478 (1825) wfo-0000448147
Moringa parvifolia Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 5(Art. 4): 20. 1790 wfo-0000448148
Anoma moringa (L.) Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 1: 279. 1790 [Sep 1790] wfo-0000538148
Hyperanthera decandra Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 2: 535 (1799) wfo-0000727205
Hyperanthera pterygosperma (Gaertn.) Oken Allg. Naturgesch. iii. (3) 1727 (1841); fide Merrill in Journ. Arn. Arb. xxxi.279 (1950). wfo-0000727210
Guilandina moringa L. Sp. Pl. : 381 (1753) wfo-0001049601
Moringa zeylanica Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 461 (1805) wfo-0001085052
Hyperanthera moringa (L.) Vahl Symb. Bot. 1: 30 (1790) wfo-0001282080
Moringa moringa (L.) Millsp. wfo-1000057861