Coccinia grandis

Coccinia grandis

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: Benincaseae
Genus: Coccinia
Species: Coccinia grandis

Name

Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt (1845)

Synonyms

• Bryonia acerifolia D. Dietr.
• Bryonia alceifolia Willd.
• Bryonia barbata Buch.-Ham. ex Cogn.
• Bryonia glabra Roxb.
• Bryonia grandis L.
• Bryonia palmata Wall.
• Bryonia sinuata Wall.
• Bryonia sinuosa Wall.
• Cephalandra grandis (L.) Kurz
• Cephalandra indica (Wight & Arn.) Naudin
• Cephalandra moghadd (Aschers.) Broun & Massey
• Cephalandra schimperi Naud.
• Coccinia grandis var. wightiana (Roem.) I. Grebenscikov
• Coccinia helenae Busc. & Muschl.
• Coccinia indica var. palmata Wight & Arn.
• Coccinia loureiriana M. Roem.
• Coccinia moghadd (Forssk.) Aschers
• Coccinia moimoi M. Roem.
• Coccinia palmatisecta Kotschy
• Coccinia schimperi Naud.
• Coccinia wightiana M. Roem.
• Cucumis rheedii Kostel.
• Cucurbita dioica Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
• Cucurbita schimperiana Hochst. ex Cogn.
• Cucurbita triangulata Hochst. ex Cogn.
• Momordica bicolor Bl.
• Momordica covei Dennst.
• Momordica monadelpha Roxb.
• Physedra gracilis A. Chev.
• Turia moghadd Forssk.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Mauritania, Mali, Benin, Niger, Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Sudan, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Djibouti, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, E-D.R.Congo (Zaire), Mozambique, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Egypt (Eastern Desert, SE-Egypt) Continental: Asie Oman (Dhofar), Saudi Arabia (Hejaz, Asir), Yemen (Tihama, W-Yemen), S-Saharan Mts., Australia (Northern Territory: Arnhem Land), Pakistan (Karachi, Sind, Baluchistan, Pakistani Punjab, Swat, Salt Range), Vietnam, peninsular Malaysia (Penang, Perak, Selangor), Singapore (I), Borneo (I), E-Java, Philippines (Cebu), Laos, Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, Lombok, Flores, Timor), Moluccas (Weri), India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar [Burma] (Ayeyarwady, Kayin, Mandalay, Mon, Yangon), Thailand, Cambodia, Nepal, Bangladesh, China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Voigt, J.J.O. 1845. Hortus Suburbanus Calcuttensis 59.

Additional references

• Holstein, N. 2015. Monograph of Coccinia (Cucurbitaceae). PhytoKeys 54: 1–166 DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.54.3285 Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Coccinia grandis. 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 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Coccinia grandis. Published online. Accessed: Dec 23 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Coccinia grandis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 23. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Coccinia grandis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Dec 2019.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Scharlachranke
English: Ivy gourd
ဘာသာမန်: တၞုင်ကရောပ်
தமிழ்: கொவ்வை
ไทย: ตำลึง

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