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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 2024-06 classification

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

Synonyms

• Theobroma caribaeum Sweet
• 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.
• 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
• Theobroma cacao f. pentagonum (Bernoulli) Cuatrec.
• Theobroma cacao f. lacandonense Cuatrec.
• Theobroma minus (Gaertn.) A.Chev.
• Theobroma sativum var. leucospermum A.Chev.
• Theobroma sativum var. melanospermum A.Chev.

Taxonomic References

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

Treatment References

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