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May 2019

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genus

Petunia Juss.

This genus name was first published in Raf. and Raf., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 2: 215, t. 47., 1803.  

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-4000028997.

Synonyms of Petunia

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Petunia punctata Paxton wfo-0001024401
Petunia alba Hort. ex Ferguson & Ottley wfo-0001024403
Petunia cumingiana J.Rémy J.Rémy, Fl. Chil. [Gay] 5(1): 50. 1849 [late 1849], 1849. wfo-0001024421
Petunia kegnellii R.E.Fr. R.E.Fr., Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakad. Handl. xlvi. No. 5, 55 (1911).. wfo-0001024447
Petunia longiflora Rojas Rojas, Cat. Hist. Nat. Corrientes 75 (longifolia) 174 (1897).. wfo-0001024457
Petunia phoenicea H.Jacquin Ann. Fl. Pomone, 1832–33: 380 (1833).. Submitted. wfo-0001024476
Petunia phoenicea D.Don ex Loudon Hort. Brit. (Loudon), ed. 3. 655. 1839 ; second additional supplement (cited in IK as 'Hort. Brit. Suppl. ii.'). Submitted. wfo-0001024477
Petunia phoenicea D.Don ex Loudon Hort. Brit. (Loudon), ed. 3. 655. 1839 ; second additional supplement (cited in IK as 'Hort. Brit. Suppl. ii.'). Submitted. wfo-0001024478
Petunia sp. wfo-0001024494
Petunia viscosa Miers Miers, Miers, Miers, Miers, and Miers, Trav. Chile 2: 531. 1826.. wfo-0001024517

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link