Trichosanthes rosthornii

Trichosanthes rosthornii

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: Trichosanthes
Subgenus: Trichosanthes subg. Trichosanthes
Sectio: T. sect. Foliobracteola
Species: Trichosanthes rosthornii
Varieties: T. r. var. huangshanensis – T. r. var. multicirrata – T. r. var. scabrella – T. r. var. stylopodifera

Name

Trichosanthes rosthornii Harms, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 603 1901.

Synonyms

• Trichosanthes crenulata C. Y. Cheng & C. H. Yueh
• Trichosanthes guizhouensis C. Y. Cheng & C. H. Yueh
• Trichosanthes uniflora Hao

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asie Regional: China China (Guizhou, E-Sichuan, Yunnan) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Harms, H., 1901. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 29:603.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2020. Trichosanthes rosthornii. 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. Trichosanthes rosthornii. Published online. Accessed: Jan 01 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Trichosanthes rosthornii 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. Trichosanthes rosthornii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 Jan 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Trichosanthes rosthornii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: Chinese cucumber

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