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Carissa spinarum L.

This species name was first published in Mant. Pl. 2: 559 (1771)  

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-0000803913.

Synonyms of Carissa spinarum L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Jasminonerium densiflorum (Baker) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 414 (1891) wfo-0000219456
Jasminonerium dulce (Schumach. & Thonn.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 414 (1891) wfo-0000219457
Jasminonerium edule Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 414 (1891) wfo-0000219458
Jasminonerium inerme (Vahl) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 414 (1891) wfo-0000219464
Jasminonerium laxiflorum (Benth.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 414 (1891) wfo-0000219465
Jasminonerium madagascariense (Thouars) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 414 (1891) wfo-0000219467
Jasminonerium ovatum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 414 (1891) wfo-0000219469
Jasminonerium pubescens (A.DC.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 414 (1891) wfo-0000219470
Jasminonerium sechellense (Baker) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 414 (1891) wfo-0000219472
Jasminonerium suavissimum (Bedd. ex Hook.f.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 414 (1891) wfo-0000219473
Jasminonerium tomentosum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 414 (1891) wfo-0000219474
Jasminonerium xylopicron (Thouars) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 414 (1891) wfo-0000219475
Antura edules Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : cvi (1775) wfo-0000241438
Antura hadiensis J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis] : 405 (1791) wfo-0000241447
Arduina brownii K.Schum. Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 127 1895 wfo-0000261606
Arduina campenonii Drake Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 1222 (1896) wfo-0000261617
Arduina edulis Spreng. Syst. Veg. 1: 669 (1824) wfo-0000261639
Arduina inermis (Vahl) K.Schum. Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 127 (1895) wfo-0000261690
Arduina laxiflora K.Schum. Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 127 (1895) wfo-0000261697
Arduina xylopicron (Thouars) Baill. Hist. Pl. 10: 170 (1888) wfo-0000261751
Azima pubescens Suess. Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 8: 334 (1953) wfo-0000558018
Carissa edulis var. sechellensis (Baker) Pichon Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 2: 3. 1949 wfo-0000626659
Cabucala brachyantha Pichon Notul. Syst. (Paris) 13: 205 (1948) wfo-0000706716
Carissa ovata var. pubescens F.M.Bailey Compr. Cat. Queensland Pl. , ed. 2: 317 (1913) wfo-0000792498
Carandas edulis Hiern Cat. Afr. Pl. (Hiern) 1(3): 664. 1898 wfo-0000802370
Carissa axillaris Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1: 691 (1820) wfo-0000802955
Carissa brownii F.Muell. Fragm. 4: 45 (1863) wfo-0000803019
Carissa brownii var. angustifolia Kempe Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. South Australia 3: 135 (1880) wfo-0000803031
Carissa campenonii (Drake) Palacky Cat. Pl. Madagasc. 3: 29 (1907) wfo-0000803039
Carissa candolleana Jaub. & Spach Ill. Pl. Orient. 5: 107 (1857) wfo-0000803049
Carissa cochinchinensis Pierre ex Pit. Fl. Indo-Chine 3: 1112 (1933) wfo-0000803088
Carissa comorensis (Pichon) Markgr. Adansonia , n.s., 10: 26 (1970) wfo-0000803099
Carissa congesta Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4: t. 1289 (1848) wfo-0000803109
Carissa coriacea Wall. ex G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 105 (1837) wfo-0000803141
Carissa cornifolia Jaub. & Spach Ill. Pl. Orient. 5: 108 (1857) wfo-0000803152
Carissa dalzellii Bedd. Fl. Sylv. S. India : clvii (1871) wfo-0000803174
Carissa densiflora Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 204 (1883) wfo-0000803196
Carissa densiflora var. microphylla Danguy ex Lecomte Madag. Bois Analamaz. 134. 1922 wfo-0000803205
Carissa diffusa Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2: 524 (1824) wfo-0000803216
Carissa dulcis Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl. : 146 (1827) wfo-0000803238
Carissa edulis Vahl Symb. Bot. 1: 22 (1790) wfo-0000803249
Carissa edulis var. ambungana Pichon Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 2: 131. 1949 wfo-0000803258
Carissa edulis var. comorensis Pichon Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 2: 134. 1949 wfo-0000803264
Carissa edulis var. densiflora (Baker) Pichon Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 2: 130. 1949 wfo-0000803275
Carissa edulis var. horrida (Pichon) Markgr. Adansonia n.s., 10: 26. 1970 wfo-0000803285
Carissa edulis var. lucubea Pichon Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 2: 134. 1949 wfo-0000803295
Carissa edulis subsp. madagascariensis (Thouars) Pichon Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 2: 130 (1949) wfo-0000803306
Carissa edulis var. major Stapf Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 90. 1902 wfo-0000803316
Carissa edulis var. microphylla (Danguy ex Lecomte) Pichon Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 2: 132 1949 wfo-0000803327
Carissa edulis f. nummularis (Pichon) Markgr. Adansonia n.s., 10: 26 1970 wfo-0000803337
Carissa edulis var. nummularis Pichon Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 2: 132. 1949 wfo-0000803348
Carissa edulis var. revoluta (Scott-Elliot) Markgr. Adansonia n.s., 10: 26 1970 wfo-0000803359
Carissa edulis var. septentrionalis Pichon Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 2: 133. 1949 wfo-0000803368
Carissa edulis var. subtrinervia Pichon Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 2: 131. 1949 wfo-0000803372
Carissa gangetica Stapf ex Gamble Fl. Madras : 805 (1923) wfo-0000803421
Carissa hirsuta Roth Nov. Pl. Sp. : 128 (1821) wfo-0000803466
Carissa horrida Pichon Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 2: 135 (1949) wfo-0000803474
Carissa inermis Vahl Symb. Bot. 3: 43 (1794) wfo-0000803492
Carissa lanceolata Dalzell Bombay Fl. : 143 (1861) wfo-0000803499
Carissa lanceolata R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 468 (1810) wfo-0000803506
Carissa laotica Pit. Fl. Indo-Chine 3: 1113 (1933) wfo-0000803517
Carissa laxiflora Benth. Fl. Austral. 4: 305 (1868) wfo-0000803529
Carissa macrophylla Wall. ex G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 104 (1837) wfo-0000803558
Carissa madagascariensis Thouars Mélang. Bot. 4: 80 (1811) wfo-0000803569
Carissa mitis Heynh. ex A.DC. Prodr. 8: 332 (1844) wfo-0000803598
Carissa obovata Markgr. Adansonia , n.s., 10: 25 (1970) wfo-0000803629
Carissa oleoides Markgr. Adansonia , n.s., 10: 26 (1970) wfo-0000803640
Carissa opaca Stapf ex Haines Indian Forester 47: 378 (1921) wfo-0000803651
Carissa ovata R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 468 (1810) wfo-0000803673
Carissa ovata var. stolonifera F.M.Bailey Bot. Bull. Dept. Agric. Queensland 9: 9 (1894) wfo-0000803684
Carissa papuana Markgr. Nova Guinea 14: 278 (1925) wfo-0000803695
Carissa paucinervia A.DC. Prodr. 8: 333 (1844) wfo-0000803706
Carissa pilosa Schinz Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 30: 259 (1888) wfo-0000803727
Carissa pubescens A.DC. Prodr. 8: 334 (1844) wfo-0000803749
Carissa revoluta Scott Elliot J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 29: 33 (1891) wfo-0000803760
Carissa richardiana Jaub. & Spach Ill. Pl. Orient. 5: 106 (1857) wfo-0000803771
Carissa scabra R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 468 (1810) wfo-0000803793
Carissa sechellensis Baker Fl. Mauritius : 222 (1877) wfo-0000803814
Carissa septentrionalis (Pichon) Markgr. Adansonia , n.s., 10: 26 (1970) wfo-0000803825
Carissa spinarum Lodd. ex A.DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 8: 336. 1844 [mid Mar 1844] wfo-0000803923
Carissa stolonifera (F.M.Bailey) Perrot & E.Vogt Trav. Lab. Mat. Médic. 9: 112 (1913), name not accepted as a species by authors:. wfo-0000803934
Carissa suavissima Bedd. ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 3: 632 (1882) wfo-0000803944
Carissa tomentosa A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 30 (1850) wfo-0000803963
Carissa velutina Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 521 (1928) wfo-0000803974
Carissa villosa Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2: 525 (1824) wfo-0000804004
Carissa xylopicron Thouars Mélang. Bot. 4: 80 (1811) wfo-0000804026
Carissa yunnanensis Tsiang & P.T.Li Acta Phytotax. Sin. 11: 347 (1973) wfo-0000804036
Carissa laotica var. ferruginea Kerr Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1937: 87. wfo-0000806881
Carissa carandas var. congesta (Wight) Bedd. Fl. Sylv. S. India clvii. 1872 wfo-0000908739
Carissa carandas var. paucinervia (A.DC.) Bedd. Fl. Sylv. S. India clvii. 1872 wfo-0000908740
Carissa edulis f. pubescens (A.DC.) Pichon Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 2: 129 1949 wfo-0000908741
Carissa edulis subsp. continentalis Pichon Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 2: 129 (1949) wfo-0000908742
Damnacanthus esquirolii H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 435 (1912) wfo-0000937541
Carissa abyssinica R.Br. Voy. Abyss. [Salt] Append. p. lxiv. 1814 [Sep 1814] , nom. nud. wfo-0001072434
Carissa coriacea Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 1680. 1829 wfo-0001072435
Carissa macrophylla Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 1679. 1829 wfo-0001072436
Carissa edulis var. edulis wfo-0001072520
Carissa brownii var. ovata (R.Br.) Maiden & Betche Census N.S.W. Pl. : 173 (1916) wfo-0001374111