Luffa graveolens

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: Sicyoeae
Genus: Luffa
Species: Luffa graveolens

Name

Luffa graveolens Roxb., 1832.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Luffa saccata F.Muell. ex Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 12: 124. 1859. This long established synonymy is not accepted by Filipowicz et al, (2014) on molecular and morphological evidence.

References

• Roxburgh, W. (1832) Fl. ind. ed. 1832, 3: 716.
• Cogniaux, C.A. & Harms, H. (1924) Cucurbitaceae-Cucurbiteae-Cucumerinae. Das Pflanzenreich. Häft. 88 IV 275. 2: 1–246. Leipzig.
• Filipowicz, N., Schaefer, H. & Renner, S.S. (2014) Revisiting Luffa (Cucurbitaceae) 25 Years After C. Heiser: Species Boundaries and Application of Names Tested with Plastid and Nuclear DNA Sequences, Systematic Botany, 39(1): 205–215. DOI: 10.1600/036364414X678215. Available on line [1]. Accessed 2014 Aug 30.

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