Ternstroemia peduncularis DC. (Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 1: 409. 1822.)
Localities: West Indies (endemic), Lesser Antilles (native) [Antigua, Dominica, Maria Galante,Martinique, Monserrat, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, ], Greater Antilles [ Cuba (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Dominican Republic, Gonave, Haiti, Tortue,], Puerto Rico (native)[], Virgin Islands (native) ( St. Croix, St. John, ) ],
Common Names: Arabo blanco (Cuba), Bois d'ine marron (Haiti), Bois vert (L. Antilles), Botoncillo (Dominican Republic), Cacao de grande terre (L. Antilles), Cacao-montagne (L. Antilles), Copey vera (Cuba), Hicaquillo (Cuba), Sabroso (Cuba),
Synonyms: Taonabo leonis Britton & P. Wilson (Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 50: 42. 1923.), Taonabo monticola Britton & P. Wilson (Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 50: 42. 1923.), Taonabo peduncularis (DC.) Britton (Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Mem. 1: 70. 1918.), Ternstroemia obovalis A. Rich. (in R. de la Sagra, Hist. Phys. Cuba, Pl. Vasc. 221. 1841), Ternstroemia obovalis A. Rich. var. minor Krug & Urb. (Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 525. 1896), Ternstroemia peduncularis DC. subsp. obovalis (A. Rich.) Borhidi (Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 25: 23. 1979.), Ternstroemia potrerillensis O.C. Schmidt (Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 22: 94. 1925.), Ternstroemia rupicola Ekman ex O.C. Schmidt (Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 22: 97. 1925.), Ternstroemia sanctaluciae Kobuski (J. Arnold Arbor. 44: 435. 1963.),
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