Herpetospermum

Herpetospermum pedunculosum

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: Schizopeponeae
Genus: Herpetospermum
Species: H. darjeelingense – H. operculatum – H. pedunculosum – H. tonglense

Name

Herpetospermum Wall. ex Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. Pl. 1: 834. (1867)

• Type species: Herpetospermum pedunculosum (Ser.) C.B. Clarke J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 15: 115. (1876) Designated as synonym Herpetospermum caudigerum Wall. ex Clarke in J. D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 2: 613. (1876) nom. illeg..

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Biswarea Cogn. Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 21(2): 16. (1882)
  • Edgaria C.B. Clarke J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 15: 113. (1876)

References

• Hooker, J.D. 1867. Genera Plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis Kewensibus 1: 834.
• 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. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Herpetospermum. 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 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Herpetospermum. Published online. Accessed: Dec 29 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2014. Herpetospermum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Sept. 2014.

Vernacular names

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