Amphitecna latifolia

Amphitecna latifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Bignoniaceae
Tribus: Crescentieae
Genus: Amphitecna
Species: Amphitecna latifolia

Name

Amphitecna latifolia (Mill.) A.H.Gentry, Taxon 25: 108 (1976).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Crescentia latifolia Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.° 2 (1768).
• Homotypic
  • Crescentia cucurbitina L., Mant. Pl. 2: 250 (1771), nom. superfl.
  • Enallagma cucurbitina (L.) Baill. ex K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl (eds.), Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 247 (1895).
  • Enallagma latifolia (Mill.) Small, Fl. Miami: 171 (1913).
  • Dendrosicus latifolius (Mill.) A.H.Gentry, Taxon 22: 638 (1973).
• Heterotypic
  • Crescentia ovata Burm.f., Fl. Indica: 132 (1768), {NN}}
  • Crescentia cucurbitifera Houtt., Nat. Hist. 2(3): 118 (1774).
  • Crescentia lethifera Tussac, Fl. Antill. 4: 50 (1827).
  • Crescentia toxicaria Tussac, Fl. Antill. 4: 50 (1827), nom. illeg.
  • Dendrosicus saxatilis Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 80 (1838).
  • Crescentia obovata Benth., Bot. Voy. Sulphur: 130 (1844, publ. 1845).
    • Enallagma obovata (Benth.) Baill. ex K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl (eds.), Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 247 (1895).
    • Amphitecna obovata (Benth.) L.O.Williams, Fieldiana, Bot. 36(4): 25 (1973).
  • Crescentia palustris Forsyth ex Seem., Bot. Voy. Herald: 183 (1854).
  • Crescentia coriacea Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 177 (1868).
  • Crescentia elongata Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 178 (1868).
  • Crescentia cuspidata Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 178 (1868).
  • Crescentia cucurbitina var. heterophylla Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 479 (1891).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Amphitecna latifolia Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Florida. Regional: Mexico Mexico Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Southwest (Oaxaca), Mexico Southeast (Campeche, Chiapas, Tabasco, Yucatán, Yucatán). Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Windward Islands. Regional: Northern South America Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Colombia, Ecuador. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Gentry, A.H. 1976. Taxon 25: 108.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Amphitecna latifolia. 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 Apr. 29. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Amphitecna latifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Amphitecna latifolia. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 29 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Amphitecna latifolia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 29.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Amphitecna latifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Apr. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Amphitecna latifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: black calabash
español: Higuerillo, Higüerito

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