The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms ...
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Susanne S. Renner & Arun K. Pandey / PhytoKeys 20: 53–118 (2013)<br />
Distribution in <strong>India</strong>: Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,<br />
Tamil Nadu. Cultivated.<br />
Distribution outside <strong>India</strong>: A West African species cultivated in <strong>India</strong>, Bangladesh,<br />
Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.<br />
Image: For a detailed description and links to images see http://plants.jstor.org/flora/<br />
ftea001850<br />
GenBank: Sequences from a plant from Benin (Africa): AM981179, AM981180.<br />
Comments: Fruits and leaves are used as a vegetable, and the roots (and fruits) also<br />
medicinally.<br />
43. Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl., Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Chicago, Bot.<br />
Ser. 3: 435. 1930.<br />
Cucurbita siceraria Molina, Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili 133. 1782.<br />
Type: Chile, Molina s.n. (lost), lectotype: LINN-1151.1<br />
Cucurbita lagenaria L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1010. 1753.<br />
Type: America, Herb. Linn. No. 1151.1 (LINN), designated by Jeffrey (1967).<br />
Distribution in <strong>India</strong>: Cultivated throughout <strong>India</strong>.<br />
Distribution outside <strong>India</strong>: Native <strong>of</strong> tropical Africa.<br />
Image: See eflora<strong>of</strong>india at https://sites.google.com/site/eflora<strong>of</strong>india/species/a---l/<br />
cl/cucurbitaceae/lagenaria/lagenaria-siceraria and http://www.flowers<strong>of</strong>india.net/<br />
catalog/slides/Bottle%20Gourd.html<br />
GenBank: Hundreds <strong>of</strong> sequences from the three plant organellar genomes.<br />
Comments: <strong>The</strong> bottle gourd is a native <strong>of</strong> tropical Africa and is cultivated throughout<br />
the tropics (further information and references see Schaefer and Renner, 2011a).<br />
44. Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb. Hort. Beng. 70. 1814.<br />
Cucumis acutangulus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1011. 1753.<br />
Type: “Habitat in Tataria, China.” Type not designated.<br />
Luffa amara Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 715. 1832.<br />
Luffa acutangula var. amara (Roxb.) C.B. Clarke, Fl. Brit. <strong>India</strong> 2: 615. 1879.<br />
Luffa acutangula forma amara (Roxb.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes, Sandakania 17: 68.<br />
2008.<br />
Lectotype: <strong>India</strong>, Ic. Roxb. 460 (K) designated by Jeffrey (1980).<br />
Luffa hermaphrodita Singh & Bhandari, Baileya 11(4): 136, Fig. 13. 1964.<br />
Type: <strong>India</strong>, Rajasthan, cultivated at Botanical Gardens, Jaswant College, Jodhpur<br />
from seeds collected at Agra by D. Singh, 20 Aug. 1962, Bhandari 1527A (CAL<br />
photo available from SSR).<br />
Cucurbita umbellata Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4(1): 608. 1805.<br />
Luffa umbellata (Willd.) M.Roem., Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 63. 1846.
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