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June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Gaylussacia Kunth

This genus name was first published in Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 275 (1819)

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-4000015418.

Literature

Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 3: 275 (ed. qu.); 215 (ed. f.). 1819 [9 Jul 1819]

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Synonyms of Gaylussacia

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Decachaena	(Torr. & A.Gray) Lindl.	Veg. Kingd. 758. 1846.	wfo-4000010904
Decamerium	Nutt.	Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s. 8: 259–261. 1843[1842].	wfo-4000010919
Lasiococcus	Small	Man. S.E. Fl. 1008–1009, 1506, f. s.n. [p. 1009]. 1933.	wfo-4000020659
Lussacia	Spreng.	Syst. Veg. 2: 294 (1825)	wfo-4000022451

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Gaylussacia:

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Gaylussacia brasiliensis var. scabrida	Meisn.	Fl. Bras. (Martius) 7: 131. 1863 [10 Jul 1863]	wfo-0001391519
Gaylussacia cordifolia	M.Martens & Galeotti	Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 9: 529 (1842)	wfo-0000695714
Gaylussacia densa var. bocainae	Sleumer	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 86: 366 (1967)	wfo-0001319454
Gaylussacia densa var. oblonga	Meisn.	Fl. Bras. 7: 135 (1863)	wfo-0001319455
Gaylussacia montana var. organensis	Sleumer	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 86: 345 (1967)	wfo-0001319450
Gaylussacia reticulata var. salviifolia	Sleumer	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 86: 338 (1967)	wfo-0001319439