Carissa spinarum1 The Euro+Med Plantbase Project
Details for: Carissa spinarum
2 different source(s) use this name:

- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010).
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010).

Source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Name: Carissa spinarum Lodd. ex A. DC., nom. illeg.
Nomencl. ref.: in de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 336. 1844
Nomencl. status: nom. illeg.
Rank: Species
Status: SYNONYM
Synonym of: Carissa spinarum L.
 

Source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Name: Carissa spinarum L.
Nomencl. ref.: Mant. Pl. 2: 559. 1771
Rank: Species
Status: ACCEPTED
Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): Regnum - Plantae
     Divisio - Tracheophyta
          Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
               Class - Magnoliopsida
                    Superordo - Asteranae
                         Ordo - Gentianales Lindl.
                              Familia - Apocynaceae Juss.
                                   Genus - Carissa L.
                                       
Misapplied names: "Carissa carandas Lodd." sec. auct.
Taxon Notes: Cultivated for its edible fruit.