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Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) R.Br. ex Sm.

This species name was first published in Cycl. 17: n.º 4 (1811)   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-0000712289.

Synonyms of Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) R.Br. ex Sm.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Apocynum alterniflorum Lour. Fl. Cochinch. : 168 (1790) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000244105
Strophanthus alterniflorus Spreng. Syst. Veg. 1: 638 (1824) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000317230
Marsdenia sylvestris (Retz.) P.I.Forst. Austral. Syst. Bot. 8: 694 (1995) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000372226
Periploca sylvestris Retz. Observ. Bot. 2: 15 (1781) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000392141
Periploca tenuifolia Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 6: 129 (1820) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000392163
Asclepias geminata Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 , 2: 45 (1832) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000551356
Conocalpis umbellata Bojer ex Decne. Prodr. 8: 621 (1844) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000618334
Cynanchum senegalense Sieber ex Decne. Prodr. 8: 621 (1844) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000633584
Cynanchum subvolubile Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl. : 150 (1827) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000633635
Gymnema affine Decne. Prodr. 8: 622 (1844) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000712197
Gymnema alterniflorum (Lour.) Merr. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. , n.s., 24(2): 318 (1935) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000712200
Gymnema formosanum Schltr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 3: 307 (1907) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000712221
Gymnema humile Decne. Prodr. 8: 621 (1844) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000712232
Gymnema melicida Edgew. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 21: 174 (1852) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000712253
Gymnema mkenii Harv. Gen. S. Afr. Pl. , ed. 2: 239 (1868) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000712255
Gymnema parvifolium Wall. Tent. Fl. Napal. : 50 (1826) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000712265
Gymnema rufescens Decne. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 2, 9: 277 (1838) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000712278
Gymnema subvolubile (Schumach. & Thonn.) Decne. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 2, 9: 277 (1838) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000712288
Gymnema sylvestre var. affine (Decne.) Tsiang Sunyatsenia 2: 197. 1934 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000738286
Gymnema sylvestre var. ceylanicum Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 4: 29. 1883 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000738287
Gymnema sylvestre var. chinense Benth. Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 5: 54. 1853 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000738288
Gymnema sylvestre var. ceylanica Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 4(10): 29 1883 — wfo-0001251222