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Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal

This species name was first published in Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 13(1): 453. 1852.

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-0001032779.

Synonyms of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Alicabon somniferum (L.) Raf. Sylva Tellur. 56 (1838). Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001019234
Hypnoticum somniferum Rodr. ex Boiss. Voy. Bot. Espagne 2: 436. 1841. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001021888
Physalis flexuosa L. Sp. Pl. 1: 182. 1753. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001024685
Physalis flexuosa Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2634. 1831 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001024686
Physalis scariosa Webb & Berthel. Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries (Phytogr.). 3 (part 2, sect. 3): 120. 1836-1850 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001024963
Physalis somnifera L. Sp. Pl. 1: 182. 1753. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001024972
Physalis tomentosa Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap. 37. 1794. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001025004
Physaloides somnifera (L.) Moench Methodus (Moench) 473. 1794 [4 May 1794] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001025066
Withania chevalieri A.E.Gonç. Garcia de Orta, Ser. Bot., 14(1): 149. 1999 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001032733
Withania kansuensis K.Z.Kuang & A.M.Lu Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 67(1): 159. 1978 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001032744
Withania macrocalyx (Chiov.) Chiov. L. Amedeo di Savoia-Aosta, Esplor. Uabi-Uebi Scebeli 1928–29: 432. 1932. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001032746
Withania microphysalis Suess. Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 1(3): 93. 1951 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001032750
Withania mucronata Chiov. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. ser. 2, 34: 845. 1927 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001032753
Withania obtusifolia Täckh. Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 26: 370. 1932 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001032755
Withania sicula Lojac. Fl. Sicul. (Lojacono) 2(2): 107. 1907 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001032775
Withania somnifera subsp. obtusifolia (Täckh.) Abedin, M.A.Al-Yahya, Chaudhary & J.S.Mossa Pakistan J. Bot., 23(2): 280 (1991):. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001032780
Withania somnifera subsp. somnifera wfo-0001032781