Crescentia cujete

Crescentia cujete

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Lamiales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Bignoniaceae
Tribus: Crescentieae
Genus: Crescentia
Species: Crescentia cujete

Name edit

Crescentia cujete L. Sp. Pl. 2: 626 (1753).

Synonyms edit

  • Heterotypic
    • Crescentia acuminata Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 3: 57 (1818 publ. 1819).
    • Crescentia arborea Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 81 (1838).
    • Crescentia latifolia Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 81 (1838), nom. illeg.
    • Crescentia pumila Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 81 (1838).
    • Crescentia cuneifolia Gardner, J. Bot. (Hooker) 2: 422 (1840).
    • Crescentia angustifolia Willd. ex Seem., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 23: 20 (1860), pro syn.
    • Crescentia fasciculata Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 171 (1868).
    • Crescentia plectantha Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 170 (1868).
    • Crescentia spathulata Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 173 (1868).
    • Crescentia cujete var. puberula Bureau & K.Schum. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 8(2): 403 (1897).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Bahamas, Cayman Isl., Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (Guana, Jost van Dyke, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Nevis, Saba, St. Barthelemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent), Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Isla Margarita, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Atlntico, Bolvar, Boyac, Casanare, Cesar, Choc, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Nario, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindo, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle), Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Aragua, Bolivar, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Yaracuy, Zulia)
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Vernacular names edit

bamanankan: Filenjiri
Deutsch: Kalebassenbaum
eʋegbe: Etréti
English: Calabash
español: Guïra
suomi: Kulhokalebassipuu
français: Calebassier
മലയാളം: കമണ്ഡലു മരം
português: Calabaça
Türkçe: Kalabaş ağacı
Tiếng Việt: Đào tiên


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