As classified in WFO snapshot
June 2025
latest classification for this taxon
genus
Volvulus
This genus name was first published in Philos. Bot. 2: 42 (1791)
This genus name has been reclassified since this snapshot. Its current preferred usage is a synonym .
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Unplaced Names
These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Volvulus:
| Name | Author | Protologue | Nomenclator | WFO link |
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| Volvulus dahuricus | Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 5(3): 296. 1919 [Jul 1919] | wfo-0000157524 | ||
| Volvulus monadelpha | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 90(1): 8. 1963 [5 Apr 1963] : a sphalm.; use: Voltomita monadelpha | wfo-0000155891 | ||
| Volvulus monantha | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 90(1): 12. 1963 [5 Apr 1963] : a sphalm.; use: Voltomita monantha | wfo-0000155893 | ||
| Volvulus orbinaxa | Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 15: 264. 1976 Flora Neotrop. Monogr. 15 | wfo-0000155894 | ||
| Volvulus soldanella | Oesterr. Bot. Z. 41: 134 (1891) | wfo-0000157529 | ||
| Volvulus soldanella | Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 10(4): 766, nomen. 1934 [Jun 1934] | wfo-0000157528 | ||
| Volvulus spithamaeus | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 447. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] ; as 'spithamineus'. | wfo-0001042570 | ||
| Volvulus spithamineus | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 447. 1891 (1891) | wfo-1000038083 | ||
| Volvulus villosus | Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12(4): 131. 1930 [Jul 1930] | wfo-0000155889 |