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Nomenclature: wfo-0000458440

Theobroma cacao L. Sp. Pl. : 782 (1753)

Nomenclatural References

• literature : Sp. Pl. 2: 782. 1753 [1 May 1753] BHL link from IPNI metadata.
• person : Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) Based on occurrence of standard abbreviation 'L.' in the authors string.
• database : IPNI record: 320783-2
• database : The Plant List v1.1 record kew-2519807
• database : The Plant List version 1.0, record: kew-2519807

Taxonomy: Accepted in 2023-12 classification

Placement: Code > Plantae Haeckel > Pteridobiotina Britton & Brown > Angiosperms > Malvales Juss. > Malvaceae Juss. > Theobroma L. > Theobroma cacao L.

Synonyms

• Theobroma sphaerocarpum A.Chev.
• Theobroma leiocarpum Bernoulli
• Theobroma sapidum Pittier
• Theobroma salzmanniana Bernoulli
• Theobroma cacao f. leiocarpum (Bernoulli) Ducke
• Theobroma cacao subsp. leiocarpum (Bernoulli) Cuatrec. in J.F.Macbr.
• Theobroma cacao var. leiocarpum (Bernoulli) Cif.
• Theobroma cacao subsp. sphaerocarpum (A.Chev.) Cuatrec.
• Cacao minar Gaertn.
• Cacao sativa Aubl.
• Cacao theobroma Tussac
• Theobroma sativum (Aubl.) Lign. & Bey
• Theobroma kalagua De Wild.
• Theobroma cacao subsp. cacao
• Theobroma pentagonum Bernoulli
• Cacao minus Gaertn.
• Theobroma integerrimum Stokes
• Theobroma saltzmanniana Bernoulli
• Theobroma sativa (Aubl.) Lign. & Bey
• Theobroma sativa var. leucosperma A.Chev.
• Theobroma sativa var. melanosperma A.Chev.
• Theobroma cacao subsp. sativa (Aubl.) León
• Theobroma cacao subsp. pentagonum (Bernoulli) León

Facets

Life Form: Tree (2).

Countries (ISO): Belize [BZ] (1); Bolivia (Plurinational State of) [BO] (1); Brazil [BR] (2); Cameroon [CM] (1); Cayman Islands (the) [KY] (1); China [CN] (2); Colombia [CO] (1); Congo (the Democratic Republic of the) [CD] (1); Cook Islands (the) [CK] (1); Costa Rica [CR] (1); Côte d'Ivoire [CI] (1); Cuba [CU] (1); Dominican Republic (the) [DO] (1); Ecuador [EC] (1); El Salvador [SV] (1); Fiji [FJ] (1); French Guiana [GF] (1); French Polynesia [PF] (1); Ghana [GH] (1); Guatemala [GT] (1); Guinea [GN] (1); Guyana [GY] (1); Honduras [HN] (1); India [IN] (1); Jamaica [JM] (1); Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) [LA] (1); Mexico [MX] (2); Nigeria [NG] (1); Peru [PE] (1); Puerto Rico [PR] (1); Seychelles [SC] (1); Sri Lanka [LK] (1); Suriname [SR] (1); Togo [TG] (1); Trinidad and Tobago [TT] (1); Vanuatu [VU] (1); Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) [VE] (1); Viet Nam [VN] (1).

Taxonomic References

• database : The Plant List v1.1 record kew-2519807 Based on the initial data import