Plumeria obtusa
A species in the Apocynaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Gentianales
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Plumeria
- Species
- Plumeria obtusa
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1753
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Plumeria obtusa. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
26 synonyms in this snapshot
- Plumeria apiculataName author: Urb.
- Plumeria bahamensisName author: Urb.
- Plumeria barahonensisName author: Urb.
- Plumeria beatensisName author: Urb.
- Plumeria bicolorName author: Seem.
- Plumeria casildensisName author: Urb.
- Plumeria cayensisName author: Urb.
- Plumeria confusaName author: Britton
- Plumeria cuneifoliaName author: Helwig
- Plumeria estrellensisName author: Urb.
- Plumeria hypoleucaName author: Gasp.
- Plumeria inaguensisName author: Britton
- Plumeria jamaicensisName author: Britton
- Plumeria marchiiName author: Urb.
- Plumeria multifloraName author: Standl.
- Plumeria nipensisName author: Britton
- Plumeria niveaName author: Mill.
- Plumeria obtusa var. laevisName author: Griseb.
- Plumeria obtusa var. obtusaName author: Not supplied
- Plumeria obtusa var. sericifoliaName author: (C.Wright) Woodson
- Plumeria obtusa var. typicaName author: Woodson
- Plumeria ostenfeldiiName author: Urb.
- Plumeria parvifoliaName author: Donn
- Plumeria portoricensisName author: Urb.
- Plumeria tenoreiName author: Gasp.
- Plumeria versicolorName author: Dehnh.
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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