Coccinia megarrhiza

Coccinia megarrhiza

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 megarrhiza

Name

Coccinia megarrhiza C.Jeffrey, Bull. Herb. Boissier 4: 821 1896.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Eastern Africa S-Ethiopia, NE-Kenya References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Jeffrey, C., 1962. Kew Bulletin 15: 347.

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 megarrhiza. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Dec 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Coccinia megarrhiza. Published online. Accessed: Dec 22 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Coccinia megarrhiza in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Dec 22. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Coccinia megarrhiza. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Dec 21.

Vernacular names

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