Benincasa pruriens

Benincasa pruriens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cucurbitales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Cucurbitales

Familia: Cucurbitaceae
Tribus: Benincaseae
Genus: Benincasa
Species: Benincasa pruriens
Formae: B. p. f. hispida – B. p. f. pruriens

Name

Benincasa pruriens (Parkinson) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes 2008.

• Typus: Banks and Solander s.n. (K), collected in 1769.
  

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cucurbita pruriens Parkinson, J. Voy. South Seas 44. 1773.
• Heterotypic
  • Benincasa cerifera Savi, Bibliot. Ital. (Milan) 9:158. 1818.

References

• de Wilde, W.J.J.O. & Duyfjes, B.E.E. 2008. Reinwardtia 12(4): 268.
• Renner, S.S. & Pandey, A.K. 2013. The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequences. PhytoKeys (20): 53-118. DOI: }10.3897/phytokeys.20.3948 Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Benincasa pruriens. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec. 22. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2014. Benincasa pruriens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Aug 2014.
• USDA, NRCS. 2006. The PLANTS Database, 6 March 2006 (http://plants.usda.gov). Data compiled from various sources by Mark W. Skinner. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
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