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As classified in WFO snapshot

December 2023

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Centrosema (DC.) Benth.

This genus name was first published in Comm. Legum. Gen.: 53 (1837)

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-4000007214.

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Synonyms of Centrosema

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Bradburya	Raf.	Fl. Ludov.: 104 (1817)	wfo-4000005297
Cruminium	Desv.	Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 9: 423 (1826)	wfo-4000009820
Platysema	Benth.	Comm. Legum. Gen.: 58 (1837)	wfo-4000030155
Steganotropis	Lehm.	Index Seminum (HBG, Hamburgensis) 1826: 18 (1826)	wfo-4000036349
Vexillaria	Benth.	Comm. Legum. Gen.: 53 (1837)	wfo-4100000259

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Unplaced Names

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

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Centrosema perspicuum	Klotzsch	Reis. Br.-Guiana [Ri. Schomburgk] 3: 1203, nomen. 1849 [1848 publ. 7-10 Mar 1849] ; vol. 3 is titled: Versuch einer Fauna und Flora von Britisch-Guiana.	wfo-0001054518
Centrosema sellowii	Herter	Revista Sudamer. Bot. 3: 158, nomen. 1936	wfo-0001353106
Centrosema sordidum	Klotzsch	Reis. Br.-Guiana [Ri. Schomburgk] 3: 1203, nomen. 1849 [1848 publ. 7-10 Mar 1849] ; vol. 3 is titled: Versuch einer Fauna und Flora von Britisch-Guiana.	wfo-0001054519
Centrosema spicatum	Glaz.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 53(Mém. 3b): 135, nomen. 1906	wfo-0001051042
Centrosema vestitum	Klotzsch	Reis. Br.-Guiana [Ri. Schomburgk] 3: 1203, nomen. 1849 [1848 publ. 7-10 Mar 1849] ; vol. 3 is titled: Versuch einer Fauna und Flora von Britisch-Guiana.	wfo-0001054520