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Bixa orellana L. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Bixa (family Bixaceae).

The record derives from WCSP (data supplied on 2012-03-23 ) which reports it as an accepted name (record 22274) with original publication details: Sp. Pl. 512 1753.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:33335-2.

Synonyms:

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Bixa acuminata Bojer [Invalid]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bixa americana Poir.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bixa katangensis Delpierre	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bixa odorata Ruiz & Pav. ex G.Don	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bixa orellana var. leiocarpa (Kuntze) Standl. & L.O.Williams	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bixa orellana f. leiocarpa (Kuntze) J.F.Macbr.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bixa orellana var. orellana	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Bixa orleana Noronha [Spelling variant]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bixa purpurea Sweet	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bixa tinctaria Salisb. [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bixa upatensis Ram.Goyena	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orellana americana (Poir.) Kuntze	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orellana americana var. leiocarpa Kuntze	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orellana orellana (L.) Kuntze [Invalid]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23

Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-22274.

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