Luffa

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: Luffa
Species: L. acutangula – L. aegyptiaca – L. astorii – L. echinata – L. graveolens – L. operculata – L. sepium – L. quinquefida – L. saccata

Name

Luffa Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4: s.p. (1754).

Typus: Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Amordica Neck., Elem. Bot. 1: 241 (1790).
- Poppya Neck., Elem. Bot. 1: 241 (1790), nom. inval., opus utiq. oppr.
- Trevouxia Scop., Introd. 152 (1777).
- Trevauxia Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2. 2: 698 (1841), orth. var.
- Turia Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 165 (1775).

Names in synonymy

Luffa fricatoria Sessé & Moc., Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 227 (1894), nom. illeg. non Donde (1878).
Luffa tenera Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. (Royle) 219 (1833–1840).

References

Primary references

Miller, P. 1754. The Gardeners Dictionary. Abridged. Ed. 4, Vol. 1–3 (unpaged). John & James Rivington, London. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.79061 Reference page.

Additional references

Cogniaux, C.A. & Harms, H. 1924. Cucurbitaceae-Cucurbiteae-Cucumerinae. Das Pflanzenreich. Heft. 88 IV 275. 2: 1–246. Leipzig.
Filipowicz, N., Schaefer, H. & Renner, S.S. 2014. Revisiting Luffa (Cucurbitaceae) 25 Years After C. Heiser: Species Boundaries and Application of Names Tested with Plastid and Nuclear DNA Sequences. Systematic Botany 39(1): 205–215. DOI: 10.1600/036364414X678215 PDF. Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Luffa. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Luffa. Published online. Accessed: Dec 30 2019.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Luffa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 30. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Luffa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Dec 2019.

Vernacular names

bamanankan: Kòlànfu, Kofu
English: Luffa, Loofah, Lufah
español: Luffa, Loofah, Lufah
suomi: Pesusienikurkut, sienikurkut
français: Luffa, Loofah
italiano: Luffa
latviešu: sūkļķirbji
polski: Trukwa, Gąbczak
中文: 丝瓜

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