Theobroma guazuma L.

, Sp. Pl. 2: 782 (1753). BHL
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1150586-2
Publication
Species Plantarum
Collation
2: 782
Date of Publication
1 May 1753
Family as entered in IPNI
Sterculiaceae

Type Information

Locality
Habitat in Jamaicae campestribus.
Type Herbaria
lectotype BM (Herb. Clifford: 379, Theobroma 2)
Chosen By
Cristóbal Bonplandia (Corrientes) 6 : 190, fig. 2. 1989
Distribution Of Types
Jamaica (Caribbean, Southern America)

Remarks

Epithet guazuma a noun in apposition.

Links

Nomenclatural link
Guazuma guazuma (L.) Cockerell, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 19(3): 95 (1892).