Melothria sphaerocarpa

Melothria sphaerocarpa

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: Melothria
Species: Melothria sphaerocarpa

Name

Melothria sphaerocarpa (Cogn.) H.Schaef. & S.S.Renner, Taxon 60(1): 134 2011.

Synonyms

• Cladosicyos edulis Hook. fil.
• Corynosicyos edulis (Hook. fil.) F. Müll.
• Cucumeropsis edulis (Hook. fil.) Cogn.
• Cucumeropsis mannii Naud.
• Posadaea sphaerocarpa Cogn

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Peru, Costa Rica, Colombia (Antioquia, Boyac, Choc, Cundinamarca, Valle), Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Mexico (Chiapas), Ecuador, Panama, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, Venezuela (Amazonas, Barinas, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Lara, Merida, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira?, Yaracuy), N-Brazil (Para, Amazonas), SE-Brazil Continental: Africa Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo (Brazzaville), Gabon, D.R.Congo (Zaire), S-Uganda, Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo), Central African Republic, Angola, Togo References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Schaefer, H. & Renner, S.S. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships in the order Cucurbitales and a new classification of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae). Taxon 60(1): 122–138. DOI: 10.1002/tax.601011 JSTOR PDF. Reference page. : 60(1): 134.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Melothria sphaerocarpa. 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 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Melothria sphaerocarpa. Published online. Accessed: Dec 25 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Melothria sphaerocarpa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 25. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Melothria sphaerocarpa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Dec 2019.

Vernacular names

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