Trichosanthes cucumerina

Trichosanthes 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. anguina – T. c. subsp. cucumerina – T. c. subsp. sublobata – T. c. subsp. villosula

Name

Trichosanthes cucumerina L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1008 (1753)
Note: Govaerts et al. (2019) does not recognise the subspecies cf. Hassler (2019) & Pradheep (2015).

Homonyms

Trichosanthes cucumerina Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. = Trichosanthes tricuspidata subsp. tricuspidata
Trichosanthes cucumerina Miq. = Trichosanthes cucumeroides (Ser.) Maxim.
Trichosanthes cucumerina Thunb. = Trichosanthes kirilowii var. japonica (Miq.) Kitam.
Trichosanthes cucumerina Wall. = Trichosanthes cochinchinensis (Lour.) M. Roem.

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 1008.

Additional references

Pradheep, K., Pani, D.R. & Bhatt, K.C. 2015. Taxonomic notes on the Trichosanthes cucumerina group (Cucurbitaceae) from India. Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature 24(1): 39-46. DOI: 10.3417/2013024 JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Trichosanthes cucumerina. 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 31.

International Plant Names Index. 2019. Trichosanthes cucumerina. Published online. Accessed Dec 31 2019.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Trichosanthes cucumerina 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 31.

Tropicos.org 2019. Trichosanthes cucumerina . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Dec 31.

USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Trichosanthes cucumerina in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: Snake Gourd, Club Gourd, Long Tomato
Nederlands: slangkalebas

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