Luffa echinata

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: Luffinae
Genus: Luffa
Species: Luffa echinata

Name

Luffa echinata Roxb., 1832.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Luffa bendaul Roxb., Hort. Bengal. 104. 1814.
  • Luffa bindaal Roxb. Fl. Ind. 3: 717. 1832
  • Luffa bondel Buch.-Ham. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot. (Steudel), ed. 2., 2: 77. 1841.
  • Momordica crinocarpa Fenzl ex M.Roem., Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 59. 1846, sphalm.
  • Momordica echinocarpa Fenzl ex Hook.f., Fl. Trop. Afr. (Oliver & al.) 2: 531. 1871.
  • Momordica erinocarpa Fenzl ex Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 12: 135. 1859.

Reference

• Cogniaux, C.A. & Harms, H.A.T. 1924. Cucurbitaceae-Cucurbiteae-Cucumerinae. In: Engler, Das Pflanzenreich, Heft 88, IV. 275. II.
• Roxburgh, W. 1832. Fl. ind. ed. 1832, 3: 716.

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