Telfairia occidentalis

Telfairia occidentalis

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: Joliffieae
Genus: Telfairia
Species: Telfairia occidentalis

Name

Telfairia occidentalis Hook.f., 1871

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo (Brazzaville), D.R.Congo (Zaire), Rwanda, Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo), Gabon, Angola References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hooker, J.D., 1871. Flora of Tropical Africa 2:524.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2020. Telfairia occidentalis. 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. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 01. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Telfairia occidentalis. Published online. Accessed: Jan 01 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Telfairia occidentalis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 01. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Telfairia occidentalis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 Jan 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Telfairia occidentalis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: fluted gourd, oysternut

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