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Gloriosa superba L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 305 (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-0000769245.

Synonyms of Gloriosa superba L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Methonica doniana Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 277 (1843) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000690662
Methonica gloriosa Salisb. Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 331 (1812) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000690803
Methonica platyphylla Klotzsch ex Garcke Naturw. Reise Mossambique [Peters] 6(Bot., 2): 520, t. 55. 1864 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000691990
Methonica superba Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 474 (1766) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000692126
Methonica grandiflora Hook. Bot. Mag. 86: t. 5216. 1860 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000692156
Methonica petersiana Klotzsch ex Garcke Naturw. Reise Mossambique [Peters] 6(Bot., 2): 519, t. 55. 1864 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000692207
Methonica plantii hort. ex Planch. Fl. des Serres ix. (1853-54) I. 865. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000692216
Eugone superba Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 238 (1796) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000767086
Gloriosa angulata Schumach. Beskr. Guin. Pl. : 171 (1827) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000769220
Gloriosa cirrhifolia Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 237 (1812) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000769226
Gloriosa doniana Schult.f. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7: 366 (1829) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000769227
Gloriosa graminifolia var. heterophylla Chiov. Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 176. 1916 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000769229
Gloriosa lutea auct. Gard. Chron. III, 29: 413 1901 — wfo-0000769233
Gloriosa nepalensis G.Don Hort. Brit. : 131 (1830) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000769237
Gloriosa rockefelleriana Stehlé & M.Stehlé Bull. Soc. Bot. France 111: 284 (1965) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000769239
Gloriosa rothschildiana O'Brien Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 33: 322 (1903) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000769240
Gloriosa sampiana P.Lima Brotéria. Sér. Bot. 1921, xix. 1 12. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000769241
Gloriosa superba var. angustifolia Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 17: 458. 1879 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000769246
Gloriosa verschuurii Hoog J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 75: 22 (1950) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000769248
Gloriosa virescens Lindl. Bot. Mag. 52: t. 2539. 1825 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000769249
Gloriosa virescens var. grandiflora (Hook.) Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 17: 458. 1879 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000769250
Gloriosa superba f. doniana (Schult. & Schult.f.) T.Durand & Schinz Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 417 1894 — wfo-0000772989
Gloriosa virescens var. plantii (Planch.) T.Durand & Schinz Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 417 1894 — wfo-0000772990
Gloriosa virescens var. leopoldii (Van Houtte ex Lem.) T.Durand & Schinz Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 417. 1894 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000772991
Gloriosa virescens var. petersiana (Klotzsch ex Garcke) T.Durand & Schinz Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 417 1894 — wfo-0000772992
Gloriosa virescens var. platyphylla (Klotzsch) T.Durand & Schinz Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 417. 1894 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000772993
Gloriosa superba f. grandiflora (Hook.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 316 1898 — wfo-0000773007
Gloriosa superba var. superba – – — wfo-0001286021