Luffa operculata

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Luffa operculata

Taxonavigation

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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 operculata

Name

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Luffa operculata (L.) Cogn., 1878.

Synonyms

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  • Elaterium quinquefidum Hook. & Arn.
  • Luffa quinquefida (Hook. & Arn.) Seem.
  • Momordica operculata L.
  • Poppya operculata (L.) M. Roem.

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional:Mexico
      • Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Veracruz)
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional:Central America
      • Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua
    • Regional:Northern South America
      • Venezuela (Anzoategui, Apure, Bolivar, Cojedes, Falcon, Guarico, Zulia, Merida), Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Atlntico, Bolvar, Choc, Crdoba, Cundinamarca, La Guajira, Magdalena)
    • Regional:Brazil
      • N-Brazil (Amazonas), NE-Brazil, SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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English: luffa
日本語: トゲヘチマ
português: Buchinha
русский: Люффа прикрытая
中文: 野生絲瓜
 
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