Quassia officinalis Rich.

First published in Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 108 (1792)
This name is a synonym of Quassia amara

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Callmander, M.W. & al. (2024). History of plants sent by Jean-Baptiste Leblond to the Société d'histoire naturelle de Paris and typification of names published by Louis Claude Richard in 1792. Candollea 79: 3-52. [Cited as Quassia amara.]
  • Molino, J.-F., Sabatier, D., Grenand, P., Engel, J., Frame, D., Delprete, P.G., Fleury, M., Odonne, G., Davy, D., Lucas, E.J. & Martin, C.A. (2022). An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature. Adansonia, sér. 3, 44: 345-903. [Cited as Simarouba amara.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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