Coccinia adoensis

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: Coccinia
Species: Coccinia adoensis
Varietates: C. a. var. adoensis – C. a. var. aurantiaca – C. a. var. jeffreyana

Name

Coccinia adoensis (A.Rich.) Cogn., Monogr. Phan. 3: 538 1881.

Synonyms

• Bryonia convolvuloides A. Rich.
• Cephalandra pubescens Sond.
• Coccinia aostae Busc. & Muschl.
• Coccinia djurensis Gilg
• Coccinia parvifolia Cogn.
• Coccinia pubescens (Sond.) Cogn. ex Harms
• Cucumis striatus A. Rich.
• Momordica adoensis Hochst.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Chad, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, D.R.Congo (Zaire), Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal), Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Cogniaux, C.A. in A. L. P. P. de Candolle & A. C. de Candolle, 1881. Monographiae Phanerogamarum 3:538.

Additional references

• Holstein, N. 2015. Monograph of Coccinia (Cucurbitaceae). PhytoKeys 54: 1–166 DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.54.3285 Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Coccinia adoensis. 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. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Coccinia adoensis. Published online. Accessed: Dec 22 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Coccinia adoensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 22. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Coccinia adoensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Dec 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Coccinia adoensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Wild Spinach

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