World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Pimenta officinalis Lindl., Coll. Bot.: t. 19 (1821).

This name is a synonym.

Homotypic Names:
Accepted Name:	Pimenta dioica (L.) Merr., Contr. Gray Herb., n.s., 165: 337 (1947).
Family:	Myrtaceae
* Myrtus pimenta L., Sp. Pl.: 472 (1753). Caryophyllus pimenta (L.) Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.� 2 (1768). Myrtus aromatica Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 354 (1796), nom. superfl. Eugenia pimenta (L.) DC., Prodr. 3: 285 (1828). Pimenta aromatica Kostel., Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 4: 1525 (1835), nom. superfl. Pimentus aromatica Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 158 (1838), nom. superfl. Pimentus vera Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 105 (1838), nom. superfl. Pimenta pimenta (L.) H.Karst., Deut. Fl.: 790 (1882), not validly publ. * Basionym/Replaced Synonym
Original Compiler:	R.Govaerts