⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-2502761, with some changes.

Myrsine africana L. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Myrsine (family Primulaceae).

The record derives from WCSP (in review) which reports it as an accepted name with original publication details: Sp. Pl. 196 1753.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:589037-1.

Synonyms:

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Myrsine africana var. acuminata C.Y. Wu & C. Chen	Synonym		TRO
Myrsine africana var. bifaria (Wall.) Franch.	Synonym		TRO
Myrsine africana var. glandulosa J.M. Zhang	Synonym		TRO
Myrsine africana var. retusa A. DC.	Synonym		TRO
Myrsine bifaria Wall.	Synonym		TRO
Myrsine microphylla Hayata	Synonym		TRO
Myrsine potama D. Don	Synonym		TRO
Myrsine vaccinifolia Hayata	Synonym		TRO
Rhamnus myrtillus H. Lév.	Synonym		TRO
Samara potama Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)