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Theobroma L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 782 (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-4000038157.

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Synonyms of Theobroma

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cacao Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr. (ed. 4) 1754. wfo-4000005881
Tribroma O.F.Cook J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 288. 1915. wfo-4000038892
Deltonea Peckolt in Zeitschr. Allg. Oesterr. Apoth. Ver. xxi. (1883) 185, nomen. wfo-4000044901

Species in Theobroma ( ${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 Theobroma:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Theobroma cacao f. lacandonense Cuatrec. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 35: 514. 1964 wfo-0001325121
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Theobroma cacao f. pentagonum (Bernoulli) Cuatrec. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 35: 513. 1964 wfo-0001325120
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Theobroma cacoa f. pentagonum (Bernoulli) Cuatrec. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 35: 513. 1964 wfo-0001325119
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Theobroma caribaeum Sweet Hort. Brit. [Sweet], ed. 2. 67. 1830 wfo-0000458437
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Theobroma cordatum Ruiz, Pav., apud Lopez & Cuatrec. Ciencia (Mexico) 22: 91. 1963 wfo-0001356897
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Theobroma fossilium E.W.Berry Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. 75(24): 8, t. 1, f. 13–14 1929 — wfo-0001238081
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Theobroma huazumum Ruiz & Pav. Ciencia (Mexico) 22: 88. 1963 wfo-0001356898
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Theobroma montanum Goudot ex Bernoulli in Denkschr. Schw. Naturf. Ges. xxiv. (1871) n. III. 15 (sp. ignota). wfo-0000458736
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Theobroma pulcherrimum Pittier Man. Pl. Usual. Venez. 147 (1926). wfo-0000458751
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Theobroma sagittatum Pav. ex A.Chev. Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. xxvi. 274 (1946), sine descr. lat. wfo-0000458748