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June 2025

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genus

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.

Statistics

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

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link