MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

Sorting Malpighia names

Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :

 

 

Cross-checking table

 (Bed) (Braj) (CRDP) (FAO)  (FDAM) (Flcyb) (GCW) (GRIN) V (IPNI) (ISF) (ISTA) (JA) (JSent) (LibHerb) (Mansf) (MMPND) (Mrkv) (Nep) (Pan) (Prosea) (SavMark) (Smit)   (SwedMus) (USDA) (Wang) (W3Trop) (Yasu)

 

Malpighia emarginata DC.

SYNONYM(S) : Malpighia glabra hort., pro parte, Malpighia punicifolia auct., Malpighia retusa Benth.

DUTCH : Shimarucu (Surinam - Dutch West Indies).

ENGLISH : Acerola, Barbados cherry, Dwarf Barbados cherry (as M. punicifolia), Surinam cherry, West Indian cherry.

FRENCH : Cerise de Cayenne, Cerise de St. Domingue, Cerisier de Barbade, Cerisier des Antilles, Cerisier de St. Domingue.

GERMAN : Antillenkirsche, Barbadoskirsche, Westindische Kirsche.

PORTUGUESE : Cerejeira das Atilhas.

SPANISH : Acerola, Buesito (Barbados), Cemeruco (Venezuela), Cereza, Cereza colorada, Cereza de la sabana, Grosella (Panama), Semeruco (Venezuela).

TAGALOG : Malpi.

THAI : Choeri (Bangkok).

 

Malpighia glabra L.


SYNONYM(S) : Malpighia biflora Poir., Malpighia punicifolia auct.

ENGLISH : Acerola,  Barbados cherry.

FRENCH : Awaiting feedback .

SPANISH : Escobillo.

THAI : Choeri (Bangkok).


 Due to some former botanical confusion regarding M. punicifolia, some names applied to M. emarginata and M. punicifolia may apply to this species and vice versa.

Malpighia punicifolia L.

SYNONYM(S) : Malpighia glabra Millsp., non L.

ENGLISH : Native cherry, Garden cherry, French cherry.

FRENCH : Cerisier.

PORTUGUESE : Cerejeira.

 

 

The above names apply only in the West Indies. In other countries most names applied to M. emarginata may fit this species, now considered as a synonym of either M. glabra or M. emarginata (depending of philosophy).

 

 


 

 


 

 

 

HOW TO CITE THIS PAGE / COLLECTION OF RECORDS

Porcher Michel H. et al. 1995 - 2020, Sorting Malpighia Names. Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database - A Work in Progress. Institute of Land & Food Resources. The University of Melbourne. Australia.
< http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Malpighia.html > (2005).

 
REFERENCES
General Bibliography

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REFERENCES
Online

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REFERENCES
Specific & complementary

 

Campbell, Richard J. 1996. South American fruits deserving further attention. p. 431-439. In: J. Janick (ed.), Progress in New Crops. ASHS Press, Arlington, VA.

Crane, Jonathan H. 1993. Commercialization of carambola, atemoya, and other tropical fruits in south Florida. p. 448-460. In: J. Janick and J.E. Simon (eds.), New crops. Wiley, New York.

CRFG Inc., 2001, ACEROLA (Malpighia punicifolia L.) Malpighiaceae. Fruit Facts (series of publications). California Rare Fruit Growers, Inc.

Morton, J. 1987. Barbados Cherry. p. 204&endash;207. In: Fruits of warm climates. Julia F. Morton, Miami, FL.

USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?malpighia (20 January 2005). (GRIN)

 

 

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