Kedrostis foetidissima

Kedrostis foetidissima

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: Coniandreae
Genus: Kedrostis
Species: Kedrostis foetidissima

Name

Kedrostis foetidissima (Jacq.) Cogn., 1881

Synonyms

• Aechmandra rostrata Arn.
• Bryonia filicaulis Wall.
• Bryonia foetidissima Schum. & Thonn.
• Bryonia obtusiloba E. Mey.
• Bryonia perrottetiana Ser.
• Bryonia pilosa Roxb.
• Bryonia prostrata D. Dietr.
• Bryonia rostrata Rottl.
• Cyrtonema convolvulaceum Hochst.
• Cyrtonema divergens Hochst. ex A. Rich.
• Cyrtonema foetens Hochst. ex Hook. fil.
• Kedrostis foetidissima subsp. obtusiloba (Sond.) Meeuse
• Kedrostis obtusiloba (Sond.) Cogn.
• Kedrostis rostrata (Rottl.) Cogn.
• Melothria foetida Desr.
• Melothria foetidissima (Jacq.) Roberty
• Melothria obtusiloba Cogn.
• Rhynchocarpa foetida Schrad.
• Rhynchocarpa foetidissima (Schum. & Thonn.) Walp.
• Rhynchocarpa rostrata (Rottl.) Naud.
• Trichosanthes foetidissima Jacq.
• Zehneria obtusiloba Sond.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Senegal, Mali, Niger, Chad, South Sudan, Ivory Coast, N-Nigeria, N-Cameroon, E-D.R.Congo (Zaire), Benin, NW-Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Uganda, Rwanda, ?Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov.), Swaziland, Namibia Continental: Asie India, Myanmar [Burma], Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan (Sind), Egypt (SE-Egypt), Yemen (W-Yemen) 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: 634.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Kedrostis foetidissima. 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 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Kedrostis foetidissima. Published online. Accessed: Dec 26 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Kedrostis foetidissima in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 26. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Kedrostis foetidissima. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Dec 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Kedrostis foetidissima in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

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