Benincasa

Benincasa pruriens f. hispida

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cucurbitales
Classification System: APG III (down to family level) Main Page Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Cucurbitales

Familia: Cucurbitaceae
Subfamilia: Cucurbitoideae
Tribus: Benincaseae
Subtribus: Benincasinae
Genus: Benincasa
Species: B. pruriens

Name

Benincasa Savi, 1818.

• Typus: B. cerifera Savi = B. p. f. hispida (Thunb.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes

Synonyms

• Camolenga Post & Kuntze, Lex. 95. 1903. nom. illeg.

References

• Farr, E. R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996-. Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). 2010 Nov 10 [1].
• Savi, G. 1818. Mem. Sopra Piant. Cucurb. in Bibl. Ital. 9: 158.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Benincasa and its species list in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 10 February 2009.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Wachskürbisse
English: Winter melon