Theobroma
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Theobroma

cacao
cocoa
theobroma

Hierarchical position of the Genus Theobroma

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Dilleniidae Takht. ex Reveal & Tahkt.
pub. 1993
  
   SuperOrdo  Malvanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 242. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Malvales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 43. 1829.
  
   Subordo  Malvineae Rchb.
pub. Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: lxxxi. Jul 1841.
  
   Familia  Sterculiaceae (DC.) Bartl.
pub. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 225, 340. Sep 1830, nom. cons.
common name: Cacaoss
  
   Tribus  Theobromateae A. Stahl
pub. Estud. Fl. Puerto-Rico 2: 103. 1884.
  
   Subtribus  Theobromatinae K. Schum. in Mart.
pub. Fl. Bras. 12(3): 3, 69. 1 Mar 1886.
  
   Genus  Theobroma L.
pub. (1753)
common name: theobroma
  

Named members of the Genus Theobroma

1
   Species  angustifolium Mocino & Sesse ex DC.
common name: theobroma
2
   Species  bicolor Humb. & Bonpl.
common name: theobroma
3
   Species  cacao L.
common name: cacao, cocoa
  
 
4
   Subspecies  cacao
common name: cacao
5
   Subspecies  sphaerocarpum (A. Chev.) Cuatrec.
common name: cacao
6
   Species  grandiflorum (Willd. ex Sprengel) Schumann
common name: theobroma
7
   Species  leiocarpum Bernoulli
syn. Theobroma cacao ssp. cacao
8
   Species  mammosum Cuatrec. & Leon
common name: theobroma
9
   Species  pentagonum Bernoulli
syn. Theobroma cacao ssp. cacao
10
   Species  sativa (Aublet) Lign. & Le Bey
syn. Theobroma cacao ssp. cacao
11
   Species  simiarum J. D. Smith
common name: theobroma
12
   Species  sphaerocarpum A. Chev.
syn. Theobroma cacao ssp. sphaerocarpum

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

 

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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