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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Coptis Salisb.

This genus name was first published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 305 1807

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000009233.

Literature

Salisbury, R. A. (1807). XIII. Observations on the Genera of Trollius, Eranthis, Helleborus, Coptis, and Isopyrum. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 8(1), 300–307. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1807.tb00315.x
Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 305. 1807

Statistics

Synonyms of Coptis

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Chrysocoptis	Nutt.	J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7(1): 8–9, pl. 1. 1834.	wfo-4000008200
Chryza	Raf.	Med. Repos. Original Essays Intelligence Phys. 5: 352 (1808)	wfo-4000008253
Coldenella	J.Ellis	Corr. Linnaeus [J.E. Smith] i. 95 (1821)	wfo-4100003083

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