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Vitex L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 638 (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-4000040364.

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Synonyms of Vitex

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Wallrothia Roth Nov. Pl. Sp. : 317 (1821) wfo-1200040142
Agnus-castus Tourn. ex Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 42: 415 (1870 publ. 1871) wfo-4000000966
Allasia Lour. Fl. Cochinch. : 84 (1790) wfo-4000001238
Casarettoa Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 4: 91. wfo-4000006875
Chrysomallum Thouars Gen. Nov. Madagasc. : 8 (1806) wfo-4000008223
Macrostegia Nees Prodr. 11: 218 (1847) wfo-4000022778
Neorapinia Moldenke Phytologia 5: 225 (1955) wfo-4000025820
Nephrandra Willd. Cothen. Disp. Veg. : 8 (1790) wfo-4000025910
Paravitex H.R.Fletcher Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1937: 74 (1937) wfo-4000028184
Pistaciovitex Kuntze Lex. Gen. Phan. : 442 (1903) wfo-4000029891
Psilogyne DC. Biblioth. Universelle Genève 17: 132 (1838) wfo-4000031786
Pyrostoma G.Mey. Prim. Fl. Esseq. : 219 (1818) wfo-4000032311
Rapinia Montrouz. Mem. Acad. Roy. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Lett. 10: 243 (1860) wfo-4000032570
Tripinna Lour. Fl. Cochinch. : 391 (1790) wfo-4000039265
Tripinnaria Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 173 (1807) wfo-4000039267
Tsoongia Merr. Philipp. J. Sci. 23: 264 (1923) wfo-4000039516
Varangevillea Baill. Hist. Pl. 11: 116 (1891) wfo-4000040030
Viticipremna H.J.Lam Verben. Malay. Archip. : 162 (1919) wfo-4000040371
Limia Vand. Fl. Lusit. Bras. Spec. : 42 (1788) wfo-4000045008
Mailelou Adans. Fam. Pl. 2: 200 (1763) wfo-4000045009
Wilckea Scop. Intr. Hist. Nat. : 170 (1777) wfo-4100002389

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

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

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex agelaeifolia var. agelaeifolia – – — wfo-1200105735
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex agnus-castus var. latifolia Aiton – — wfo-1200040387
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex appendiculata Rottler ex C.B.Clarke Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 4(12): 584. 1885 [Aug 1885] wfo-0000332945
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex arborea Roxb. ex Jack Malayan Misc. 1(1): 18. 1820 wfo-1200009717
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex arvensis Gentallan, Sengun & M.B.Bartolome PhytoKeys 248: 18 2024 wfo-1000076091
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex aurata Hils. & Bojer – — wfo-0001144321
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex axillaris Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 1760. 1829 wfo-0001357277
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex beraviensis var. beraviensis – – — wfo-0001315793
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex blanchetii Moldenke – — wfo-0001144272
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex bombacifolia Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 1749. 1829 wfo-0000332976
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex californica Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulphur : 10 (1844) wfo-0000332993
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex caribaea Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulphur : 10 (1844) wfo-0000333003
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex chapelieri (Baill.) Capuron ex Callm. ined.:. — wfo-0001315050
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex colombiensis Pittier Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. xx. 484 (1922). wfo-0000333023
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex coriacea Schlechter ex Pieper Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 62, Beibl. 141: 79 1928 — wfo-0001144320
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex cujabensis Mart. ex Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulphur 155 1846 — wfo-0001144313
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex curtifrutescens Elmer Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 8: 2873 (1915) wfo-0000333037
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex erioclona H.J.Lam Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg , sér. 3, 3: 51 (1921) wfo-0000333072
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex erythrocarpa Gürke ex W.Piep. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 62(2, Beibl. 141): 68, in syn. 1928 wfo-0001357278
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex euphlebia Merr. ex H.J.Lam Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg ser. III, iii. 64 (1921), in syn. wfo-0001357279
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex ferruginea subsp. ferruginea – – — wfo-0001144394
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex formosana Hemsl. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 9: 151 (1895) wfo-0000333093
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex gomphyphylla Baker Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 319 (1900) wfo-0001243423
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex grandifolia var. bipendensis (Gürke) Piep. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 62, Beibl.141: 73 1928 — wfo-0001245979
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex guajaci Herb. Mus. Vind. ex Ettingshausen, Blatt-Skel. Dikot. 79, t. 28, fig. 9 (1861). wfo-0000333123
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex hausknechtii Bornm. Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2. 22(2): 118. 1907 wfo-0000333131
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex haynga Roxb. Hort. Bengal. 46, nomen. wfo-0001357280
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex henryi Moldenke Phytologia 3: 488 (1951) wfo-0000333136
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex ilicifolium A.Rich. – — wfo-0001268945
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex involucrata C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. , ser. 5, 3: 578 (1845) wfo-0001144356
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex leichhardtii var. leichhardtii – – wfo-0001394717
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex lepidota Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 36(II): 225 (1863) wfo-0000333208
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex longiacuminata A.Chev. Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franc. 506 (1920), nomen. wfo-0000333226
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex madiensis var. milanjiensis (Britten) G.Piep. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 62(141): 63 1928 — wfo-0001033723
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex microcalyx Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 341 (1890) wfo-0001144276
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex nogondo Linnaeus ap.Bojer Hortus Maurit. 258 1837 — wfo-0001144317
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex pacimonensis Spruce ex Sandwith Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1930(4): 157, in syn. [22 May 1930] wfo-0001144273
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex pallida Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 1751. 1829 wfo-0000333338
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex panshiniana var. pulchra Moldenke Trop. Woods 64: 38. 1940 [1 Dec 1940] wfo-1200027532
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex payos var. payos – – — wfo-0001144393
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex perriana var. abludens Moldenke – wfo-0001392261
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex phaseolifolia Mildbr. Wiss. Ergebn. Zweit. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. (1910-11), Bot. 2: 80, nomen. 1922 [Feb-Jun 1922] wfo-0001357281
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex phaseolifolia Mildbr. & W.Piep. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 161, descr. 1929 wfo-0001357282
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex pinnata var. ptilota (Dop) P.H.Hô Cayco Vietnam (Illustr. Fl. Vietnam) 2(2): 1042 (1993), without basionym date:. wfo-0001402371
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex quinata var. quinata – – — wfo-0001144354
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex rotundifolia var. heterophylla Mak. Ill. Fl. Nipp. 186 1940 — wfo-0001144318
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex rufa A.Chev. Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franc. i. 507 (1920), nomen. wfo-0000333421
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex sakondriensis Drake Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 9: 98 (1903) wfo-0000333427
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex schum K.Schum. Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee 369 1905 — wfo-0001234025
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex secundiflora Hallier f. Meded. Rijks-Herb. 37: 49 (1918) wfo-0000333443
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex sericea Poepp. ex Moldenke Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 40: 176, in syn. 1936 wfo-0001357283
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex sexdentata Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 1759. 1829 wfo-0000333451
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex syringifolia Baker Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 115 (1895) wfo-0000333478
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex tanganyikensis Moldenke Phytologia 7: 83 1959 — wfo-0001144395
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex tibatensis Engl. ex W.Piep. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 62(2, Beibl. 141): 59, in syn. 1928 wfo-0001357284
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex triflora var. triflora – – — wfo-0001144383
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex trifolia var. crenatis Lam. Encycl. 2: 613 1788 — wfo-0001144316
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex trifolia var. trifolia – – wfo-0001144355
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex ubanghensis A.Chev. Etudes Fl. Afr. Centr. Franc. i. 244 (1913), nomen. wfo-0001357285
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex wilmsii var. reflexa Pieper – — wfo-0001144336
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex zechii Gürke ex W.Piep. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 62(2, Beibl. 141): 68, in syn. 1928 wfo-0001357286
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex zeyheri Sond. – — wfo-0001144338
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vitex zeylanica Burm.f. Fl. Indica : 138 (1768) wfo-0000333561