Amphitecna latifolia

Amphitecna latifolia

Taxonavigation

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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: Amphitecna
Species: Amphitecna latifolia

Name

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Amphitecna latifolia (Mill.) A.H.Gentry, Taxon 25: 108 (1976).

Synonyms

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  • Basionym
    • Crescentia latifolia Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.° 2 (1768).
  • Homotypic
    • Crescentia cucurbitina L., Mant. Pl. 2: 250 (1771), nom. superfl.
    • Enallagma cucurbitina (L.) Baill. ex K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl (eds.), Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 247 (1895).
    • Enallagma latifolia (Mill.) Small, Fl. Miami: 171 (1913).
    • Dendrosicus latifolius (Mill.) A.H.Gentry, Taxon 22: 638 (1973).
  • Heterotypic
    • Crescentia ovata Burm.f., Fl. Indica: 132 (1768), {NN}}
    • Crescentia cucurbitifera Houtt., Nat. Hist. 2(3): 118 (1774).
    • Crescentia lethifera Tussac, Fl. Antill. 4: 50 (1827).
    • Crescentia toxicaria Tussac, Fl. Antill. 4: 50 (1827), nom. illeg.
    • Dendrosicus saxatilis Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 80 (1838).
    • Crescentia obovata Benth., Bot. Voy. Sulphur: 130 (1844, publ. 1845).
      • Enallagma obovata (Benth.) Baill. ex K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl (eds.), Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 247 (1895).
      • Amphitecna obovata (Benth.) L.O.Williams, Fieldiana, Bot. 36(4): 25 (1973).
    • Crescentia palustris Forsyth ex Seem., Bot. Voy. Herald: 183 (1854).
    • Crescentia coriacea Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 177 (1868).
    • Crescentia elongata Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 178 (1868).
    • Crescentia cuspidata Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 178 (1868).
    • Crescentia cucurbitina var. heterophylla Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 479 (1891).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
 
Amphitecna latifolia
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Florida.
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Southwest (Oaxaca), Mexico Southeast (Campeche, Chiapas, Tabasco, Yucatán, Yucatán).
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Central America
      • Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Windward Islands.
    • Regional: Northern South America
      • Venezuela.
    • Regional: Western South America
      • Colombia, Ecuador.

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

References

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Vernacular names

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English: black calabash
español: Higuerillo, Higüerito
 
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