- Family:
- Malvaceae Juss.
Theobroma L.
Native to:
Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
Introduced into:
Andaman Is., Belize, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central American Pac, China South-Central, Comoros, Cook Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Fiji, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Laos, Leeward Is., Marianas, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Seychelles, Society Is., Sri Lanka, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Vietnam, Windward Is., Zaïre
- Theobroma angustifolium DC.
- Theobroma bernoullii Pittier
- Theobroma bicolor Bonpl.
- Theobroma cacao L.
- Theobroma canumanense Pires & Fróes ex Cuatrec.
- Theobroma cirmolinae Cuatrec.
- Theobroma gileri Cuatrec.
- Theobroma glaucum H.Karst.
- Theobroma grandiflorum (Willd. ex Spreng.) K.Schum.
- Theobroma hylaeum Cuatrec.
- Theobroma mammosum Cuatrec. & J.León
- Theobroma microcarpum Mart.
- Theobroma nemorale Cuatrec.
- Theobroma obovatum Klotzsch ex Bernoulli
- Theobroma simiarum Donn.Sm.
- Theobroma sinuosum Pav. ex Huber
- Theobroma speciosum Willd. ex Spreng.
- Theobroma subincanum Mart.
- Theobroma sylvestre Aubl. ex Mart.
- Theobroma velutinum Benoist
Theobroma L. appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prance, G.T. [2378], Brazil | K001212938 | Yes | |||
| Fróes, R.L. [20625], Brazil | K001213343 | Yes | |||
| Trail, J.W.H. [60], Brazil | K001213349 | Yes | |||
| Prance, G.T. [1785], Brazil | K001213350 | Yes | |||
| Miller, R. [296], Brazil | K001212937 | Yes | |||
| Milliken, W. [1760], Brazil | K001213342 | Yes | |||
| Krukoff, B.A. [9019], Brazil | K001213344 | Yes | |||
| Spruce, R. [1609], Brazil | K001213347 | Yes | |||
| Spruce, R. [1609], Brazil | K001213346 | Yes | |||
| Schomburgk, R.H. [870], Brazil | K001213345 | Yes | |||
| Trail, J.W.H. [60], Brazil | K001213348 | Yes |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 782 (1753)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6 Scientific Data 8: 215.
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0