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Myrsine africana L.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
L. (1753). In: Sp. Pl. 196.

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Ericales
family
Primulaceae
genus
Myrsine
species
Myrsine africana

Name

Synonyms
Buxus dioica Forssk.
Myrica arabica Willd.
Myrica montana Vahl
Myrsine acuta Salisb.
Myrsine africana subsp. acuminata C.Y.Wu & C.Chen
Myrsine africana subsp. bifaria (Wall.) Franch.
Myrsine africana subsp. glandulosa J.M.Zhang
Myrsine africana subsp. retusa A.DC.
Myrsine africana var. acuminata C.Y.Wu & C.Chen
Myrsine africana var. africana
Myrsine africana var. bifaria (Wall.) Franch.
Myrsine africana var. glandulosa J.M.Zhang
Myrsine africana var. retusa A.DC.
Myrsine bifaria Wall.
Myrsine bottensis A.DC.
Myrsine glabra Gaertn.
Myrsine microphylla Hayata
Myrsine potama D.Don
Myrsine retusa Aiton
Myrsine rotundifolia Lam.
Homonyms
Myrsine africana L.
Common names
African Boxwood in English
African Cape-Myrtle in English
African-boxwood in English
African-boxwood in English
Boj africano in Spanish
Buis africain in French
Cape Beech in English
Cape Myrtle in language.
Cape Myrtle in language.
Cape-Myrtle in English
Kurjan Seed in English
Mirting in Afrikaans
Murtra africana in Catalan–Valencian
Small Myrsine in English
Umahlaba azigoqe in Zulu
Vliegebos in Afrikaans
Wildemirt in Afrikaans
chikuma in Shona
iYeza lenkomo in Xhosa
kleinmyrsine in Afrikaans
meni in language.
mfageriro in language.
mtagiriro in language.
mudongera in Shona
myrsine in Swedish
myrsine in Swedish
myrzina africká in Slovak
pensasmyrsikki in Finnish
tamujo in Portuguese
thlare-sa-madi in Tswana
tshilalantsa in Venda
umBovini in Xhosa
umqanca in Swati
wildemirting in Afrikaans
Мирсина африканская in Russian
小葉鐵仔 in Chinese
African Boxwood in English
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