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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Kirkia Oliv.

This genus name was first published in Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 310 (1868)

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-4000020037.

Literature

Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 1: 310. 1868 [Oct 1868]

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Synonyms of Kirkia

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Pleiokirkia	Capuron	Adansonia, n.s. 1: 88. 1961.		wfo-4000030242
Tetraspis	Chiov.	Ann. Bot. (Rome) 10: 26. 1912		wfo-4000037990

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