Taxonavigation

Familia: Cucurbitaceae
Tribus: Benincaseae
Genus: Benincasa
Species: Benincasa pruriens
Formae: B. p. f. hispida – B. p. f. pruriens

Name

Benincasa pruriens (Parkinson) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes 2008.

• Typus: Banks and Solander s.n. (K), collected in 1769.
  

References

• de Wilde, W.J.J.O. & Duyfjes, B.E.E. 2008. Reinwardtia 12(4): 268.
• Renner, S.S. & Pandey, A.K. 2013. The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequences. PhytoKeys (20): 53-118. DOI: }10.3897/phytokeys.20.3948 Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Benincasa pruriens. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov 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.
• Tropicos.org 2014. Benincasa pruriens . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Aug 26.
• USDA, NRCS. 2006. The PLANTS Database, 6 March 2006 (http://plants.usda.gov). Data compiled from various sources by Mark W. Skinner. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
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