Trichosanthes cucumerina subsp. cucumerina

Trichosanthes cucumerina subsp. cucumerina

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: Sicyoeae
Genus: Trichosanthes
Subgenus: Trichosanthes subg. Trichosanthes
Sectio: Trichosanthes sect. Trichosanthes
Species: Trichosanthes cucumerina
Subspecies: T. c. subsp. cucumerina

Name

Trichosanthes cucumerina L. subsp. cucumerina autonym

Synonyms

• Anguina cucumerina (L.) Kuntze
• Bryonia umbellata Wall.
• Cucumis missionis Wall.
• Trichosanthes ambrosii Domin
• Trichosanthes brevibracteata Kundu
• Trichosanthes laciniosa Klein ex Willd.
• Trichosanthes olida F. Müll.
• Trichosanthes pachyrrhachis Kundu
• Trichosanthes pilosa Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
• Trichosanthes reniformis Miq.
• Trichosanthes wightiana M. Roem.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asie India, Sri Lanka, Philippines (Luzon), Sulawesi, Lesser Sunda Isl, Java, peninsular Malaysia, Java, Australia (N-coastal Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland), ?Fiji, Bangladesh, Darjeeling, Myanmar [Burma], Nepal, Pakistan (Pakistani Punjab, Rawalpindi, Murree) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hassler, M. 2019. Trichosanthes cucumerina. 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 31. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: snake gourd, club gourd, long tomato
Nederlands: slangkalebas