Oreosyce africana

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: Oreosyce
Species: Oreosyce africana

Name

Oreosyce africana Hook.f., Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 2: 548. (1871)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Cucumis cecilii N.E.Br.
  • Cucumis membranifolius Hook.f.
  • Cucumis oreosyce H.Schaef.
  • Cucumis parvifolius Cogn. ex Scott Elliot
  • Cucumis subsericeus Hook.f.
  • Hymenosicyos bequaertii (De Wild.) Harms
  • Hymenosicyos membranifolius (Hook.f.) Chiov.
  • Hymenosicyos parviflorus (Cogn.) Harms
  • Hymenosicyos subsericeus (Hook.f.) Harms
  • Hymenosicyos triangularis (Cogn.) Harms
  • Hymenosicyos villosus (Cogn.) Harms
  • Oreosyce bequaertii De Wild.
  • Oreosyce holstii Cogn. ex Engl.
  • Oreosyce parvifolia Cogn.
  • Oreosyce subsericea (Hook.f.) A.Meeuse
  • Oreosyce triangularis Cogn.
  • Oreosyce villosa Cogn.
  • Peponia parviflora Cogn.
  • Peponium parviflorum (Cogn.) Engl.
    

Note: This combination could be an synonym of Cucumis oreosyce H. Schaef. (Hassler, 2022), Cucumis subsericeus Hook.f. (Thulin, Heidari & Larsson, 2018) or an accepted combination. This taxon page should remain until the problem is resolved.

References

• Hooker, J.D. 1871. Flora of Tropical Africa 2: 548.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Oreosyce africana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Apr. 14. Reference page.  as Oreosyce africana
• Hassler, M. 2022. Oreosyce africana. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Apr. 14. Reference page.  as Cucumis oreosyce
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Oreosyce africana. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 14 2022.
• Schaefer, H. 2007. Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) must include Cucumella, Dicoelospermum, Mukia, Myrmecosicyos, and Oreosyce: a recircumscription based on nuclear and plastid DNA data. Blumea 52(1): 165–177. DOI: 10.3767/000651907X612427 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Thulin, M., Heidari, N. Larsson, A. 2018. Cucumis omissus sp. nov. (Cucurbitaceae) from southern Arabia and Ethiopia and its phylogenetic position. Nordic Journal of Botany 36(10): p.e02056. DOI: 10.1111/njb.02056 . Reference page. 
• Ghebretinsae, A.G., Thulin, M. & Barber, J.C. 2007. Nomenclatural Changes in Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae). Novon 17(2): 176–178. DOI: 10.3417/1055-3177(2007)17[176:NCICC]2.0.CO;2 JSTOR BHL Reference page.