Scientific or common name:

Sambucus africana Standl.

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ADOXACEAE - Moschatel family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Sambucus africana Standl.
Nomencl. ref.: Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 68(5): 19. 1917
Rank: species

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Dipsacales
Family: Adoxaceae
Genus: Sambucus
Species:

1) Sambucus africana Standl. 2) Sambucus caerulea Raf. var. mexicana (C. Presl ex DC.) L.D. Benson, orth. var. 3) Sambucus caerulea Raf. var. neomexicana (Woot.) Rehder, orth. var. 4) Sambucus caerulea Raf. var. velutina (Durand & Hilg.) Schwerin, orth. var. 5) Sambucus caerulea Raf., orth. var. 6) Sambucus callicarpa Greene 7) Sambucus canadensis L. 8) Sambucus canadensis L. var. laciniata A. Gray 9) Sambucus canadensis L. var. submollis Rehder 10) Sambucus cerulea Raf. 11) Sambucus cerulea Raf. var. mexicana (C. Presl ex DC.) L.D. Benson 12) Sambucus cerulea Raf. var. neomexicana (Woot.) Rehder 13) Sambucus cerulea Raf. var. velutina (Durand & Hilg.) Schwerin 14) Sambucus coreana (Nakai) Kom. & Aliss. 15) Sambucus ebulus L. 16) Sambucus glauca Nutt. 17) Sambucus kamtschatica E.L. Wolf 18) Sambucus laciniata Mill. 19) Sambucus melanocarpa A. Gray 20) Sambucus mexicana C. Presl ex DC. 21) Sambucus mexicana C. Presl ex DC. ssp. caerulea (Raf.) E. Murray, orth. var. 22) Sambucus mexicana C. Presl ex DC. ssp. cerulea (Raf.) E. Murray 23) Sambucus mexicana C. Presl ex DC. var. caerulea (Raf.) E. Murray, orth. var. 24) Sambucus mexicana C. Presl ex DC. var. cerulea (Raf.) E. Murray 25) Sambucus microbotrys Rydb. 26) Sambucus neomexicana Woot. 27) Sambucus neomexicana Woot. var. vestita (Woot. & Standl.) Kearney & Peebles 28) Sambucus nigra L. 29) Sambucus nigra L. ssp. caerulea (Raf.) R. Bolli, orth. var. 30) Sambucus nigra L. ssp. canadensis (L.) R. Bolli 31) Sambucus nigra L. ssp. cerulea (Raf.) R. Bolli 32) Sambucus nigra L. ssp. nigra 33) Sambucus nigra L. var. laciniata L. 34) Sambucus orbiculata Greene 35) Sambucus palmensis Link 36) Sambucus pubens Michx. 37) Sambucus pubens Michx. var. arborescens Torr. & A. Gray 38) Sambucus racemosa L. 39) Sambucus racemosa L. ssp. kamtschatica (E.L. Wolf) Hultén 40) Sambucus racemosa L. ssp. pubens (Michx.) House 41) Sambucus racemosa L. ssp. sibirica (Nakai) H. Hara 42) Sambucus racemosa L. ssp. sieboldiana (Miq.) H. Hara 43) Sambucus racemosa L. var. arborescens (Torr. & A. Gray) A. Gray 44) Sambucus racemosa L. var. laciniata W.D.J. Koch ex DC. 45) Sambucus racemosa L. var. leucocarpa (Torr. & A. Gray) Cronquist 46) Sambucus racemosa L. var. melanocarpa (A. Gray) McMinn 47) Sambucus racemosa L. var. microbotrys (Rydb.) Kearney & Peebles 48) Sambucus racemosa L. var. pubens (Michx.) Koehne 49) Sambucus racemosa L. var. racemosa 50) Sambucus sibirica Nakai 51) Sambucus sieboldiana (Miq.) Blume ex Graebn. 52) Sambucus simpsonii Rehder ex Sarg. 53) Sambucus velutina Durand & Hilg.

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Genera (Adoxaceae)
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1) Adoxa 2) Sambucus (elderberry)

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Common names (Sambucus)
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1) (no name) 2) American black elderberry (Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis) 3) Black elderberry (Sambucus nigra) 4) Blue elderberry (Sambucus nigra ssp. cerulea) 5) Dwarf elderberry (Sambucus ebulus) 6) European black elderberry (Sambucus nigra ssp. nigra) 7) Red elder (Sambucus racemosa ssp. kamtschatica) 8) Red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa) 9) Rocky Mountain elder (Sambucus racemosa var. melanocarpa) 10) Sauco (Sambucus palmensis)

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More species:
1) Sambucus caerulea Raf. var. neomexicana (Woot.) Rehder, orth. var. [152]
2) Sambucus caerulea Raf. var. velutina (Durand & Hilg.) Schwerin, orth. var. [177]
3) Sambucus caerulea Raf., orth. var. [89]
4) Sambucus canadensis L. var. laciniata A. Gray [154]
5) Sambucus cerulea Raf. [358]
6) Sambucus cerulea Raf. var. velutina (Durand & Hilg.) Schwerin [193]
7) Sambucus laciniata Mill. [159]
8) Sambucus mexicana C. Presl ex DC. var. caerulea (Raf.) E. Murray, orth. var. [93]
9) Sambucus nigra L. ssp. nigra [306]
10) Sambucus racemosa L. var. leucocarpa (Torr. & A. Gray) Cronquist [149]

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