Theobroma cacao

Taxonomy ID: 3641 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:3641)

current name

Theobroma cacao  L., 1753

Genbank common name: cacao
NCBI BLAST name: eudicots
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Mitochondrial genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Other names:

common name(s)

cocoa, chocolate

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Mesangiospermae; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; rosids; malvids; Malvales; Malvaceae; Byttnerioideae; Theobroma

Comments and References:

image:Theobroma cacao Image by Luisovalles from Wikimedia Commons under a CC BY license. * Image may not have been verified for accuracy by NCBI Taxonomy.

Flora of China - Sterculiaceae Ya Tang, Michael G. Gilbert & Laurence J. Dorr. Sterculiaceae. In Wu, Z. Y., P. H. Raven & D. Y. Hong, eds. 2007. Flora of China. Vol. 12 (Hippocastanaceae through Theaceae). Science Press, Beijing, and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. Online version.

TROPICOS (Feb 24, 2016) Name accessed on 24 February 2016 in: Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, 2008 - 4344 Shaw Boulevard, Saint Louis, Missouri 63110, U.S.A. on line at: http://www.tropicos.org/