Details for: TARS 1917, Malpighia emarginata DC., West Indian Cherry

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Malpighia emarginata DC.

Top Name:

West Indian Cherry

Origin:

Donated –

Maintained:

Tropical Agriculture Research Station

Received by NPGS:

Oct 1938

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Shrub

Life Habit:

Shrub

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Plant	1 count		TARS 1917 PL

Distributed as: Cuttings/Seeds, Available: Year-round

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Malpighia emarginata DC.

Top Name:

West Indian Cherry

Origin:

Donated –

Maintained:

Tropical Agriculture Research Station

Received by NPGS:

Oct 1938

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Shrub

Life Habit:

Shrub

Source History

Donated

October 1938.

Accession Names and Identifiers

West Indian Cherry

Type: Local name

Acerola (P.R.)

Type: Local name

TARS 1917

Type: Site identifier

Group: MISC.TARS

Narrative

Malpighia emarginata DC.

Genus:

Malpighia

Family:

Malpighiaceae

Nomen number:

404858

Place of publication:

Prodr. 1:578. 1824

Comment:

authorship verified from original literature

Verified:

05/13/2012 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Malpighia glabra hort., pro parte
Malpighia retusa Benth.

Invalid Designation(s)
Malpighia punicifolia auct.

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	acerola		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	Barbados-cherry		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	West Indian-cherry		1	Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
French	cerise de Cayenne		2	Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
French	cerisier de Barbade	as Malpighia glabra	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Malpighia glabra
French	cerisier des Antilles	as Malpighia glabra	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Malpighia glabra
German	Barbadoskirsche	as Malpighia glabra	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Malpighia glabra
German	westindische Kirsche	as Malpighia glabra	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Malpighia glabra
Portuguese	cerejeira-das-Antilhas		2	Edições Melhoramentes. 1979. The new Michaelis illustrated dictionary (Novo Michaelis dicionário ilustrado), ed. 22/24 Note: Edições Melhoramentes, São Paulo, Brazil
Spanish (Panama)	grosella		2	Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
Swedish	barbadoskörsbär		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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