Punica granatum
A species in the Lythraceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Myrtales
- Family
- Lythraceae
- Genus
- Punica
- Species
- Punica granatum
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1753
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Punica granatum. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
36 synonyms in this snapshot
- Granatum punicumName author: St.-Lag.
- Punica floridaName author: Salisb.
- Punica granatum f. albescensName author: (DC.) Rehder
- Punica granatum f. flavescensName author: (Sweet) Rehder
- Punica granatum f. legrelliaeName author: (Lem.) Rehder
- Punica granatum f. multiplexName author: (Sweet) Rehder
- Punica granatum f. plenaName author: Voss
- Punica granatum f. plenifloraName author: (Hayne) Rehder
- Punica granatum var. acidulaName author: Risso
- Punica granatum var. albaName author: Risso
- Punica granatum var. albescensName author: DC.
- Punica granatum var. flavaName author: Loudon
- Punica granatum var. flavescensName author: Sweet
- Punica granatum var. frutescensName author: Siebold & Zucc.
- Punica granatum var. legrelliaeName author: Lem.
- Punica granatum var. luteaName author: Risso
- Punica granatum var. macrocarpaName author: Risso
- Punica granatum var. microcarpaName author: Risso
- Punica granatum var. militensisName author: Risso
- Punica granatum var. multiplexName author: Sweet
- Punica granatum var. nanaName author: (L.) Pers.
- Punica granatum var. parvifoliaName author: Risso
- Punica granatum var. plenifloraName author: Hayne
- Punica granatum var. pumilaName author: Weinm.
- Punica granatum var. sanguineaName author: Risso
- Punica granatum var. sativumName author: K.Malý
- Punica granatum var. semiplenaName author: Risso
- Punica granatum var. semperflorensName author: Risso
- Punica granatum var. variegataName author: Risso
- Punica granatum var. vulgarisName author: Risso
- Punica grandifloraName author: Steud.
- Punica legrelleiName author: J.N.Haage & E.Schmidt
- Punica multifloraName author: Voss
- Punica nanaName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
- Punica spinosaName author: Lam.
- Rhoea punicaName author: St.-Lag.
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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