Coccinia grandiflora

Coccinia grandiflora

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 grandiflora Cogn., Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1894: 34 1894.

Name

Coccinia grandiflora Cogn., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 211 (1895).

Type locality: Tanzania, Tanga, Mlalo, dry hill range

Holotype: B: C.H.E.W. Holst 506a (destroyed)

Type locality: Tanzania, Tanga, Usambara, near Amani

Neotype: BR: [H.J.P.?] Winkler 3611 (designated by Holstein (2015: 75))

Synonyms

• Coccinia calantha Gilg

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Eastern Africa SE-Kenya, E-Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, E-Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Cogniaux, C.A. 1895: Cucurbitaceae africanae. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 21: 207–211

Additional references

• Gilg, E. 1905: Cucurbitaceae africanae II. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 34: 343–367.
• Holstein, N. 2015: Monograph of Coccinia (Cucurbitaceae). in: PhytoKeys 54: 1–166. Full text: [1]

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Coccinia grandiflora. 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 grandiflora. Published online. Accessed: Dec 22 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Coccinia grandiflora 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 grandiflora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Dec 2019.

Vernacular names

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