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As classified in WFO snapshot

December 2023

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Abrus Adans.

This genus name was first published in Fam. Pl. 2: 327 (1763)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000000060.

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Synonyms of Abrus

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Hoepfneria	Vatke	Oesterr. Bot. Z. 29: 222 (1879)	wfo-4000018027
Zaga	Raf.	Fl. Tellur. 2: 33 (1837)	wfo-4000041120
Hulthemia	Blume ex Miq.	Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 160 (1855)	wfo-4100000296

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Abrus:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Abrus acutifolius	Blume	Flora van Nederlandsch Indi‰ ; 1855 160 1855	—	wfo-0001014954
Abrus diversifoliatus	Breteler	–	—	wfo-0000196225
Abrus madagascariensis var. madagascariensis	–	1951	—	wfo-0001061087
Abrus precatorius var. novo-guineensis	Miq.	–	—	wfo-0000183126
Abrus precatorius var. novo-guineensis	Zipp. ex Miq.	Fl. Ned. Ind. 1: 159 1855	—	wfo-0001061124
Abrus pulchellus	Wall. ex Thwaites	Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 91. 1859 [Sep-Oct 1859]		wfo-0000178724
Abrus pulchellus f. latifoliolata	(De Wild.) De Wild.	Ann. Mus. Congo, Ser. 1, Bot. 5(1): 150 1904	—	wfo-0001061119
Abrus pulchellus f. melanosperma	Backer	Fl. Jav. 354 1911	—	wfo-0001061121
Abrus pulchellus subsp. pulchellus	–	–	—	wfo-0000199886
Abrus pulchellus var. latifoliolata	De Wild.	Ann. Mus. Congo, Ser. 1, Bot. 5(1): 267 1906	—	wfo-0001061120
Abrus schimperi subsp. schimperi	–	–	—	wfo-0000178805
Abrus stictospermus	Berhaut	Mém. Publiés Soc. Bot. France 1943-1944: 7 (1943)		wfo-0001058888