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Clitoria ternatea L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl.: 753 (1753) Link to external nomenclature reference

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species 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-0000179216.

Synonyms of Clitoria ternatea L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Ternatea vulgaris Kunth F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 415 (1824) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000175712
Clitoria tanganicensis Micheli Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique, Compt. Rend. 36: 60 (1897) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000179236
Clitoria ternatea var. angustifolia Hochst. ex Baker f. Legum. Trop. Africa: 428 (1929) wfo-0000179247
Ternatea ternatea (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 72 (1898) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000186561
Clitoria mearnsii De Wild. Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 13(Suppl.): 8 (1925) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000192704
Clitoria zanzibarensis Vatke Oesterr. Bot. Z. 28: 261 (1878) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000192706
Clitoria ternatea var. ternatea wfo-0000192707
Clitoria albiflora Mattei Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 7: 97 (1908) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000192708
Clitoria bracteata Poir. J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 2: 301 (1811) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000192709
Clitoria parviflora Raf. Atlantic J. 1: 147 (1832) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000192710
Clitoria ternatea var. pilosula (Benth.) Baker wfo-0000192712
Clitoria ternatensium Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 59 (1766) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000192714
Lathyrus spectabilis Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 135 (1775) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000192715
Ternatea vulgaris Kuntze wfo-0000192716
Clitoria coelestris Siebert & Voss wfo-0000192826
Clitoria ternatea var. albiflora Voigt Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 213 (1845) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000203818
Clitoria philippensis Perr. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 3: 110 (1825) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000206970
Nauchea bracteata Dupuis ex J.T.Descourt. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 4: 11 (1826) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000381737
Wisteria dubia Walp. Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 324 (1843) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000427855
Phaseolus clitorius Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 22 (1790) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000469267
Clitoria spectabilis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 336 (1796) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000611948
Derris javanica Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 143 (1855) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001053408
Clitoria caelestis hort. Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 208, in syn. 1894 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001056913
Nauchea ternatea (L.) J.T.Descourt. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 4: 8 (1826) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001058013
Deguelia javanica (Miq.) Taub. Bot. Centralbl. 47: 386 (1891) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001059087
Pterocarpus javanicus (Miq.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 203 (1891) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001060885
Clitoria ternatea f. ternatea 1990 wfo-0001061625
Clitoria ternatea f. leucopetala Fantz Bull. Bot. Surv. India 37: 18 (1995 publ. 2000) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001324262
Clitoria ternatea f. subpolyadelpha Fantz Bull. Bot. Surv. India 37: 18 (1995 publ. 2000) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001324263
Clitoria ternatea f. albiflora (Voigt) Fantz Moscosoa 6: 164 (1990) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001326638
Ternatea indica J.St.-Hil. Expos. Fam. Nat. 2: 226 (1805) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001331113
Clitoria ternatea var. major Paxton Paxton's Mag. Bot. 13: 79 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001386361
Clitoria ternatea f. fasciculata Fantz Moscosoa 6: 164 (1990) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001402887
Clitoria ternatea var. pleniflora Fantz Moscosoa 6: 164 (1990) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001410107
Clitoria ternatea var. alba Berhaut Fl. Senegal: 47 (1954) wfo-1200000959
Clitoria ternatea var. bracteata (Poir.) DC. Prodr. 2: 234 (1825) wfo-1200000960