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Theobroma cacao L. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Theobroma (family Malvaceae).

The record derives from WCSP (in review) (data supplied on 2012-03-26 ) which reports it as an accepted name with original publication details: Sp. Pl. 782 1753.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:320783-2.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Cacao minar Gaertn.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Cacao minus Gaertn.	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Cacao sativa Aubl.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Cacao theobroma Tussac	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Theobroma cacao subsp. cacao	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Theobroma cacao f. leiocarpum (Bernoulli) Ducke	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Theobroma cacao subsp. leiocarpum (Bernoulli) Cuatrec.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Theobroma cacao var. leiocarpum (Bernoulli) Cif.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Theobroma cacao subsp. pentagona (Bernoulli) León	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Theobroma cacao subsp. sativa (Aubl.) León	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Theobroma integerrima Stokes	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Theobroma kalagua De Wild.	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Theobroma leiocarpum Bernoulli	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Theobroma pentagonum Bernoulli	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Theobroma saltzmanniana Bernoulli	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Theobroma sapidum Pittier	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Theobroma sativa (Aubl.) Lign. & Le Bey	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Theobroma sativa var. leucosperma A. Chev.	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Theobroma sativa var. melanosperma A. Chev.	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Theobroma sativum (Aubl.) Lign. & Bey	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26

Infraspecific taxa:

This species contains the following infraspecific taxa*.

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Synonyms
Theobroma cacao subsp. sphaerocarpum (A.Chev.) Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26	1

The Plant List does not attempt to include all infraspecific taxa.

Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-2519807.

• this name record has not changed
• names related to this name have changed