Taxonavigation edit

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: Indomelothria
Species: I. blumei – I. chlorocarpa

Name edit

  • Indomelothria W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes Blumea 51(1): 5 (2-3, 6; figs. 1b, 2a). (2006)
  • Type species: Indomelothria chlorocarpa Wilde & Duyfjes Blumea 51(1): 7 (-9, 53; fig. 3a-b, pl. 3a-b). (2006)

Note: The Plant List considers the genus as unresolved, however, Schaefer, H. & Renner, S.S. (2011) found it monophyletic.

References edit

  • de Wilde, W.J. & Duyfjes, B.E.E. (2006) Blumea 51(1): 5 (2-3, 6; figs. 1b, 2a).
  • Schaefer, H. & Renner, S.S. (2011) Phylogenetic relationships in the order Cucurbitales and a new classification of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), Taxon, 60 (1): 122–138. Available on line [1]. Accessed 2014 Aug 26.
  • The Plant List 2013. Indomelothria in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Aug 26.
  • International Plant Names Index. 2014. Indomelothria. Published online. Accessed: Aug 26 2014.