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As classified in WFO snapshot

December 2023

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Carissa L.

This genus name was first published in Mant. Pl. 1: 7 (1767)

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-4000006727.

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Synonyms of Carissa

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Antura	Forssk.	Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : 63 (1775)	wfo-4000002541
Arduina	Mill. ex L.	Syst. Nat. (ed. 12) 2: 136, 180. 1767.	wfo-4000002952
Jasminonerium	Wolf	Gen. Pl. 57. 1776.	wfo-4000019527
Leioclusia	Baill.	Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 244 (1880)	wfo-4000020918
Toxicophlaea	Harv.	J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 135. 1841.	wfo-4000038667

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Unplaced Names

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

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Carissa brownii var. brownii	–	–	wfo-0001394637
Carissa edulis var. tomentosa	(A.Rich.) Stapf	Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 90. 1902	wfo-1200015234
Carissa kopilii	Barbhuiya, J.Sarma & S.Dey	J. Asia-Pacific Biodivers. 13(2): 316, figs. 1-3. 2020	wfo-1000021635
Carissa ovata var. ovata	–	–	wfo-0001394642
Carissa spinarum	G.Lodd.	Bot. Cab. 2: t. 162. 1818 [Sep 1818]	wfo-1200009989