Cayaponia americana

Cayaponia americana

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: Cucurbiteae
Genus: Cayaponia
Species: Cayaponia americana

Name

Cayaponia americana (Lam.) Cogn., Monogr. Phan. 3: 787 1881.

Synonyms

• Arkezostis americana (Lam.) Kuntze
• Bryonia americana Lam.
• Bryonia asperifolia Presl
• Bryonia ficifolia Descourt.
• Bryonia scabrella Sieber ex Cogn.
• Cayaponia americana var. angustiloba Cogn.
• Cayaponia americana var. subintegrifolia Cogn.
• Cayaponia americana var. vulgaris Cogn.
• Cayaponia angustiloba (Bello) Gomez de la Maza
• Cionandra angustiloba Bello
• Trianosperma belangerii Naud.
• Trichosanthes tamnifolia Poir.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern USA USA (Florida) Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Antigua, Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Martinique, St. Barthelemy, St. Lucia, St. Vincent) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Cogniaux, C.A., 1881. Monographiae Phanerogamarum 3:785.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Cayaponia americana. 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 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cayaponia americana. Published online. Accessed: Dec 27 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cayaponia americana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 27. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Cayaponia americana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Dec 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cayaponia americana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: American melonleaf
español: Bejuco de torero
Bahasa Indonesia: Daun melon Amerika

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