Marah watsonii

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: Marah
Species: Marah watsonii

Name

Marah watsonii (Cogn.) Greene, Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 2: 36 (1910).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Echinocystis watsonii Cogn. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle (eds.), Monogr. Phan. 3: 819 (1881).
• Homotypic
  • Micrampelis watsonii (Cogn.) Greene, Pittonia 2: 129 (1890).
• Heterotypic
  • Echinocystis muricata Kellogg, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 57 (1855).
    • Marah muricata Kellogg, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ed. 2, 1: 37 (1873).
    • Megarrhiza muricata (Kellogg) S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 11: 139 (1876).
    • Micrampelis muricata (Kellogg) Greene, Pittonia 2: 129 (1890).
  • Megarrhiza marah S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 11: 138 (1876).
    • Echinocystis marah (S.Watson) Cogn. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle (eds.), Monogr. Phan. 3: 817 (1881).
    • Micrampelis marah (S.Watson) Greene, Pittonia 2: 129 (1890).

Notes

• Homonyms
  • Echinocystis muricata (Vell.) Cogn. (1878) = Echinopepon racemosus (Steud.) C.Jeffrey

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Greene, E.L. 1910. Reconsideration of the Genus Marah. Leaflets of Botanical Observation and Criticism 2: 35–36. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Abrams, L.†, Ferris, R.S. & Benson, L.D. 1960. Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States. Washington, Oregon, and California. Vol. 4: Begnoniaceae to Compositae. Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA. Reference page. 

References

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Marah watsonii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jan 12. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Marah watsonii. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jan 12. Reference page.