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December 2023

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Mussaenda elegans Schumach. & Thonn.

This species name was first published in Beskr. Guin. Pl. : 117 (1827) 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-0000246538.

Synonyms of Mussaenda elegans Schumach. & Thonn.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Mussaenda discolor Thonn. ex DC. Prodr. 4: 372 (1830) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000246531
Mussaenda elegans var. minor De Wild. & T.Durand Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot. , sér. 2, 1(1): 27 (1899) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000246539
Mussaenda elegans var. psilocarpa Wernham J. Bot. 51: 277 (1913) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000246540
Mussaenda elegans var. rotundifolia Wernham J. Bot. 51: 277 (1913) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000246542
Mussaenda hispida Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 8: 66 (1886) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000246594
Bertiera coccinea (G.Don) G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 506 (1834) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000327772
Gardenia coccinea G.Don Edinburgh Philos. J. 11: 343 (1824) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000970851