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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Neptunia Lour.

This genus name was first published in Fl. Cochinch. : 653 (1790)

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-4000025950.

Literature

Fl. Cochinch. 2: 641, 653. 1790 [Sep 1790]

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Synonyms of Neptunia

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Hemidesmas	Raf.	Sylva Tellur. : 119 (1838)		wfo-4000017370

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Unplaced Names

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

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Neptunia dimorphantha var. dimorphantha	–	–		wfo-0001391170
Neptunia gracilis f. gracilis	–	Unknown		wfo-0001326963
Neptunia gracilis var. gracilis	–	–		wfo-0001391175
Neptunia stolonifera	Guill.	–	—	wfo-0000187601