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Punica granatum L. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Punica (family Lythraceae).

The record derives from WCSP (in review) (data supplied on 2012-03-23 ) which reports it as an accepted name with original publication details: Sp. Pl. 472 1753.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:554129-1.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Punica florida Salisb. [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Punica grandiflora Steud. [Invalid]	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Punica nana L.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Punica spinosa Lam. [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhoea punica St.-Lag. [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Earlier versions

This name record (from WCSP (in review)) was not included in version 1 of The Plant List. It is possible the same name was included from a different data source, to check this you can search for Punica granatum in version 1 of The Plant List.