Luffa echinata

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Cucurbitales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Cucurbitales

Luffa echinata Roxb., 1832.

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.

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Mauritania, Mali, Niger, NE-Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Ethiopia, S-Somalia Continental: Asie Pakistan (Sind, Swat), India, Bangladesh, Nepal References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Cogniaux, C.A. & Harms, H. 1924. In: Engler, Das Pflanzenreich, Heft 88, IV. 275. II.

Hassler, M. 2019. Luffa echinata. 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 echinata. Published online. Accessed: Dec 30 2019.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Luffa echinata 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 echinata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Dec 2019.

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