Siraitia

Fructus Siraitia grosvenorii

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: Siraitieae
Genus: Siraitia
Species: S. africana – S. grosvenorii – S. siamensis – S. sikkimensis

Name

Siraitia Merr. Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 19: 200. (1934)

• Type species: Non designatus Siraitia silomaradjae Merr. (1934) = Siraitia siamensis var. silomaradjae (Merr.) W. J. de Wilde & Duyfjes (2006)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Neoluffa Chakravarty J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 50: 895. (1952)
  • Microlagenaria (C. Jeffrey) A.M. Lu & J.Q. Li Acta Phytotax. Sin. 31(1): 52. (1993)

References

• Merrill, E.D. 1934. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 19: 200.
• 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. DOI: 10.1002/tax.601011 JSTOR PDF. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Siraitia 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 2014. Siraitia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Aug 2014.
• International Plant Names Index. 2014. Siraitia. Published online. Accessed: Aug 26 2014.

Vernacular names

中文: 羅漢果屬

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