Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Moringa oleifera
Moringaceae Martinov
Moringa oleifera Lam. , legitimate, scientific
Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (1785), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique 1(2): 398 BHL [tax. nov.]
Keraudren, M. & Gillett, J.B. (1963), Sur le type du Moringa oleifera Lam., et la valeur de ce binome. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 110: 316 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "Ceylon, Hermann vol. 2: 24 (lectotype BM)."
Stanley, T.D. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Moringaceae. Flora of Australia 8: 358 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Moringa pterygosperma Gaertn. nom. illeg.
Verdcourt, B. (1985), A synopsis of the Moringaceae. Kew Bulletin 40(1): 7-12 APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Moringa pterygosperma Gaertn. nom. illeg.
  • APC Comment: Stanley, Flora of Australia (1982) considered the name Moringa oleifera Lam. to be illegitimate, and the correct name to be M. pterygosperma, but the reverse is true (see P.Verdcourt, Kew Bull. 40: 7-8 (1985).
  • APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)
Du Puy, D.J. (1993), Moringaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 176 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Moringa pterygosperma Gaertn. nom. illeg. common name: Horseradish Tree [n/a]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 330 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Moringa pterygosperma Gaertn. nom. illeg. common name: Horseradish Tree [n/a]