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Strychnos L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 189 (1753)  

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-4000036956.

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Synonyms of Strychnos

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Atherstonea Pappe Sylva Capensised. 2 29. 1862. (post 12 Jun 1862) wfo-4000003553
Brehmia – – wfo-4000005384
Ignatia L.f. Suppl. Pl. 20, 149. 1781[1782]. (Apr 1782) wfo-4000018983
Ignatiana Lour. Fl. Cochinch. : 126 (1790) wfo-4000018984
Lasiostoma Schreb. Gen. Pl. 75. 1789. — wfo-4000020688
Narda Vell. Fl. Flumin. 108. 1825. wfo-4000025330
Rouhamon Aubl. Hist. Pl. Guiane : 93 (1775) wfo-4000033537
Scyphostrychnos S.Moore Cat. Talbot's Niger. Pl. 71. 1913. wfo-4000034882
Toxicaria Schreb. Naturforscher (Halle) 19: 146. 1783. wfo-4000038658
Unguacha Hochst. Flora 27: 103 (1844) wfo-4000039766
Chemnicia Scop. Intr. Hist. Nat. : 139 (1777) wfo-4000044274
Curare Kunth ex Humb. Relat. Hist. 2: 549 (1817) wfo-4000044275

Species in Strychnos ( ${pageIsLoading?'loading':'showing'} species ${currentlyShowingRangeFirst} to ${currentlyShowingRangeLast} of ${ totalPartsCount })

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

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

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos abyssinica Hochst. Flora 24(1, Intelligenzbl.): 25, nomen. 1841 wfo-0000502833
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos actua Progel – — wfo-0001073985
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos acuminata Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 1593, partim. 1829 wfo-0000502827
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos angustifolia Benth. J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 1: 102. 1856 [1857 publ. 1856] wfo-0000502798
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos baculum Harv. Thes. Cap. ii. 41. wfo-0000502805
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos bancroftiana F.M.Bailey Botany of the Bellenden Ker Expedition (in Meston: Report of the Government Scientific Expedition to Bellenden-Ker Range) 1889 wfo-0000502814
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos bicirrhosa Lesch. ex Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2: 267 (1824) wfo-0000502809
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos brazzavillensis A.Chev. Sudania i. 62, No. 4 136 (1911). nomen. wfo-0000502707
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos caryophyllus A.Chev. Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franc. i. 442 (1920), nomen. wfo-0000502717
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos cathayensis var. spinata P.T.Li S. China Agric. Sci. 1: 126. 1980 (1980) wfo-1200011894
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos celebica Koord. Meded. Lands Plantentuin 19: 540 (1898) wfo-0000502716
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos cinnamomea Thwaites Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 425, sphalm. wfo-0001353556
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos cinnamophylla Gilg & Gilg-Ben. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54: 166 (1916) wfo-0000502682
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos colubrina Auct. ex DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 9: 15. 1845 [1 Jan 1845] wfo-0000502699
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos colubrina Blume Rumphia 1: 70. 1836 wfo-0000502696
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos colubrina Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. i. 414 (Quid ?). 1812 wfo-0000502698
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos colubrina Wall. Cat. nn. 4455, 1589. wfo-0000502700
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos cooperi Hutch. & M.B.Moss Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 2: 22, in clavi, 24. 1931 wfo-0000502690
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos divaricata Ducke – — wfo-0001073996
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos dulcis A.Chev. Etudes Fl. Afr. Centr. Franc. i. 203 (1913), nomen. wfo-0000502758
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos excellens Gilg Wiss. Ergebn. Zweit. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. (1910-11), Bot. 2: 79, nomen. 1922 [Feb-Jun 1922] wfo-0000502721
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos farinosa Blume Rumphia 1: 70. 1836 wfo-0000502734
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos fleuryana A.Chev. Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franc. i. 443 (1920), nomen. wfo-0000502725
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos forbesii A.W.Hill Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909: 360 (1909) wfo-0000502723
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos goniodes J.Duvign. Bull. Seances Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge 19: 221 1948 — wfo-0001239679
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos grandis Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 4454. 1831 wfo-0000502735
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos guineensis Thonn. ex Didr. Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1854: 190 (1855) wfo-0000502965
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos hippocrateoides Gilg Wiss. Ergebn. Zweit. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. (1910-11), Bot. 2: 79, nomen. 1922 [Feb-Jun 1922] wfo-0000502960
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos hypogyna C.B.Clarke Fl. Brit. India 4: 86 (1883) wfo-0000502979
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos ignatia Lindl. Fl. Med. 530. 1838 [Jul-Dec 1838] wfo-0000502977
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos imbricata A.W.Hill – — wfo-0001239678
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos isabelina Gilg Wiss. Ergebn. Zweit. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. (1910-11), Bot. 2: 190, nomen. 1922 [Feb-Jun 1922] wfo-0000502975
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos juruensis Gilg – — wfo-0001074001
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos kerstingii Gilg & K.Schum. Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee , Nachtr.: 498 (1905) wfo-0000502939
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos laurina Thwaites Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 201. 1860 [Oct-Nov 1860] wfo-0000502947
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos laurina Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 1591. 1829 wfo-0000502940
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos leuconeura Gilg & Gilg-Ben. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54: 169 (1916) wfo-0000502957
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos lucbanensis Elmer ex Merr. Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. iii. 312 (1923), in obs., pro syn. wfo-0001353557
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos mckenii Gerr. ex Sim Native Timb. S. Afr. 120 (1921), in syn. wfo-0001353558
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos mckenii Gerrard ex J.M.Wood & M.S.Evans Natal Pl. i. 16 (1898), pro syn. wfo-0001353559
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos meughe Chiov. Racc. Bot. 83 (1935). wfo-0000502985
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos micaraguensis Huft Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: 383–384 1988 — wfo-0001074143
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos minor Benth. J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 1: 100. 1856 [1857 publ. 1856] wfo-0000502994
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos mitscherlichii var. amapensis Krukoff & Barneby Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 20(1): 48. 1969 wfo-0001397340
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos monosperma Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. ii. 381. wfo-0000502866
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos myriantha Gilg & Gilg-Ben. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54: 167 (1916) wfo-0000502861
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos myrioneura Gilg Bot. Tidsskr. 32: 312. 1915 wfo-1000036267
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos oblongifolia Hochst. Flora 27(2): 827. 1844 wfo-0000502872
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos oyapocensis Fróes ex Ducke Bol. Tecn. Inst. Agron. N. No. 30, 41 (1955), sine descr. lat. wfo-0000502839
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos pseudoquina var. longiflora Hassl. Addenda Pl. Hassl. 9. 1917 wfo-0001397341
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos pycnoneura Gilg & Gilg-Ben. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54: 164 (1916) wfo-0000503005
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos quadrangularis Mildbr. Wiss. Ergebn. Zweit. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. (1910-11), Bot. 2: 190, nomen. 1922 [Feb-Jun 1922] wfo-0000503000
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos rhexioides Klotzsch Reis. Br.-Guiana [Ri. Schomburgk] 3: 1144, nomen. 1849 [1848 publ. 7-10 Mar 1849] ; vol. 3 is titled: Versuch einer Fauna und Flora von Britisch-Guiana. wfo-0000502918
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos setosa Krukoff & Barneby Phytologia 41(4): 222. 1979 wfo-0000502924
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos subpenninervis Soler. – — wfo-0001074011
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos transiens Gilg Wiss. Ergebn. Zweit. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. (1910-11), Bot. 2: 62, nomen. 1922 [Feb-Jun 1922] wfo-0000501257
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos ulei Gilg ex Ule Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40(2): 136, nomen. 1907 [2 Aug 1907] wfo-0000501266
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos vanprukii var. acuminata (A.W.Hill) H.B.Naithani & S.Biswas Fl. Pl. India, Nepal & Bhutan 291. 1990 wfo-0001402114
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos viridescens Gilg ex Mildbr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 41: 263, nomen. 1937 wfo-0000501262
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Strychnos vomica St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon vii. (1880) 70. wfo-0000501238