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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

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.

Statistics

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

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

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link