Theobroma cacao

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Byttnerioideae
Tribus: Theobromateae
Genus: Theobroma
Sectio: T. sect. Theobroma
Species: Theobroma cacao

Theobroma cacao L., Sp. Pl. 2: 782 (1753).

• Homotypic
  • Cacao sativa Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 689 (1775), nom. illeg.
  • Theobroma sativa Lign. & Le Bey, Bull. Soc. Linn. Normandie, ser. 5, 8: 233 (1904), nom. inval.
  • Cacao theobroma Tussac in Fl. Antill. 1: t. 13 (1811), nom. superfl.
  • Theobroma cacao subsp. sativum León in Hardy's Cacao Man.: 312 (1960), not validly publ.
• Heterotypic
  • Cacao minus Gaertn. in Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 190 (1791)
  • Theobroma cacao f. lacandonense Cuatrec. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 35: 514 (1964)
  • Theobroma cacao var. leiocarpum (Bernoulli) Cif. in Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis. Mat. Nat. Reale Accad. Italia 4: 604 (1933)
  • Theobroma cacao subsp. leiocarpum (Bernoulli) Cuatrec. in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(3A): 654 (1956)
  • Theobroma cacao f. leiocarpum (Bernoulli) Ducke in Rodriguésia 4: 274 (1940)
  • Theobroma cacao subsp. pentagonum (Bernoulli) León in Hardy's Cacao Man.: 312 (1960)
  • Theobroma cacao f. pentagonum (Bernoulli) Cuatrec. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 35: 513 (1964)
  • Theobroma cacao subsp. sphaerocarpum (A.Chev.) Cuatrec. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 35: 515 (1964)
  • Theobroma caribaeum Sweet in Hort. Brit., ed. 2: 67 (1830), not validly publ.
  • Theobroma integerrimum Stokes in Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 83 (1812)
  • Theobroma kalaguum De Wild. in Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 957 (1899)
  • Theobroma leiocarpum Bernoulli in Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 24(3): 6 (1871)
  • Theobroma minus (Gaertn.) A.Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 26: 283 (1946)
  • Theobroma pentagonum Bernoulli in Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 24(3): 6 (1871)
  • Theobroma salzmannianum Bernoulli in Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 24(3): 7 (1871)
  • Theobroma sapidum Pittier in Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. 1: 183 (1932), nom. nud.
  • Theobroma sativum var. leucospermum A.Chev. in Bull. Int. Bot. Appl. 26: 270 (1946)
  • Theobroma sativum var. melanospermum A.Chev. in Bull. Int. Bot. Appl. 26: 270 (1946)
  • Theobroma sphaerocarpum A.Chev. in Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 4: 12 (1908)

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 782. Reference page. 

• Hassler, M. 2020. Theobroma cacao. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov. 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Theobroma cacao. Published online. Accessed Nov. 18 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Theobroma cacao in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov. 18. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Theobroma cacao. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 18 Nov. 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Theobroma cacao in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

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