The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms ...

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46. Luffa echinata Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 716. 1832.
Lectotype: India, Coromandel, Ic. Roxb. 1694 (K), designated by Jeffrey (1980).
Luffa echinata var. longistyla C.B. Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 2: 615. 1879.
Type: India, M.P. Edgeworth 3018 (K).
Distribution in India: Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.
Distribution outside India: Wild from Egypt to Niger and maybe further to the West
(H. Schaefer, pers. comm., Dec. 2012).
Images: efloraofindia at https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/cl/cucurbitaceae/luffa/luffa-echinata
http://www.flickr.com/photos/83425416@N02/7648878220/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/83425416@N02/7649327834/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/83425416@N02/7649413904/in/photostream
GenBank: Sequences from Decker-Walters et al. (2004) and Schaefer et al. (2009),
e.g., HE661478, EU436357.
47. Luffa graveolens Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 716. 1832.
Type: Jharkhand (earlier a part of Bihar State) “A native of the Rajmahl hills, from
thence the seeds were brought to the botanical garden, where the plants blossom
during the rainy season, and the seed ripens about three mounts afterwards.” Lectotype:
Ic. Roxb. 1693 (K), designated by Jeffrey (1980).
Distribution in India: Bihar, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh.
Distribution outside India: Nepal.
Image: Photos available upon request from A. Pandey or SSR.
GenBank: Sequences from Decker-Walters et al. (2004) and Schaefer et al. (2009),
e.g., HE661308, EU436358.
Comments: The application of this name to Australian material was erroneous (Telford et
al., 2011). The flowers of L. graveolens are yellow, while those of L. echinata are white.
48. Momordica balsamina L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1009. 1753.
Type: “Habitat in India,” plant cultivated at Hartekamp, The Netherlands. Lectotype:
Herb. Linn. No. 1150.1 (LINN), designated by Meeuse in Bothalia 8: 49. 1962.
Distribution in India: Cultivated in Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan?
Distribution outside India: Native in the dry savannas of Southernmost Africa and
the northern margin of the tropical belt (H. Schaefer, pers. comm., Dec. 2012).
Naturalized in parts of tropical Asia, the Americas and most of the Pacific islands.
Image: Flora of Pakistan: http://www.mobot.org/mobot/PakistanImages/154-Cucurbitaceae/Momordica_balsamina.jpg