Taxonavigation

Familia: Cucurbitaceae
Tribus: Benincaseae
Genus: Benincasa
Species: B. fistulosa – B. pruriens

Name

• Benincasa Savi, Bibliot. Ital. (Milan) 9: 158. (1818)
• Type species:  Benincasa cerifera  Savi (1818) = B. pruriens (Parkinson) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes (2008)
  

Note: Thee are taxonomic differences between Govaerts et a. (2019) and Hassler (2019), however Renner & Pandey (2013) summarise the taxonomic opinions.

References

• Savi, G. 1818. Biblioteca Italiana Ossia Giornale di Letteratura Scienze ed Arti 9: 158.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Benincasa in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Dec. 22.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Benincasa. 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.
• 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. 
• 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. 
• Tropicos.org 2014. Benincasa . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Aug 26.
• International Plant Names Index. 2014. Benincasa. Published online. Accessed Aug 26 2014.

Vernacular names

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