The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms ...
The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms ...
The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms ...
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Cucurbitaceae</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>India</strong> 89<br />
Trichosanthes bracteata (Lam.) Voigt var. tomentosa (C.B. Clarke) Chakrav., Rec. Bot.<br />
Surv. <strong>India</strong> 17(1): 47. 1959, nom. illeg., because its type, Abdul Khalil s.n. (CAL<br />
photo available from SSR) from Myanmar, Southern Shan State, Indine, is a syntype<br />
<strong>of</strong> T. burmensis Kundu (see under T. rubriflos).<br />
Trichosanthes palmata L. var. tomentosa Heyne ex C.B. Clarke, Fl. Brit. <strong>India</strong> 2(6): 607.<br />
1879.<br />
Syntypes: <strong>India</strong>, Deccan Peninsular Mountains; Wight no. 1134 (HBG online at JS-<br />
TOR), 1136 partly, G. Thomson s.n.; Sri Lanka, alt. 2600 ft, Gardner s.n. (K).<br />
Distribution in <strong>India</strong>: Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Naithani, 1990), Andhra Pradesh,<br />
Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Tripura. Endemic.<br />
Image: Nothing reliable found online.<br />
GenBank: No published sequences available.<br />
68. Trichosanthes bracteata (Lam.) Voigt, Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. 58. 1845.<br />
Modecca bracteata Lam., Encycl. 4: 210. 1797.<br />
Type: <strong>India</strong>, Sonnerat s.n. (P-LAM).<br />
Distribution in <strong>India</strong>: Peninsular <strong>India</strong>, Khasia Hills, Dehra Doon, Bengal.<br />
Distribution outside <strong>India</strong>: China (Guizhou), Nepal (? see comments).<br />
Image: Nothing reliable found online.<br />
GenBank: Sequences from De Boer et al. (2012) from <strong>India</strong>n material, e.g., HE661317,<br />
HE661484.<br />
Comments: Jeffrey (1980) and Lu et al. (2011) treat T. bracteata as a synonym <strong>of</strong><br />
T. tricuspidata, which ranges from China (Guizhou), Peninsular Malaysia, Nepal,<br />
Thailand, to Vietnam, while Chakravarty (1982) recognized T. bracteata with two<br />
varieties, var. bracteata from throughout <strong>India</strong>, Myanmar, China, and Australia,<br />
and var. tomentosa (an illegitimate name here treated under T. anaimalaiensis) on<br />
the Andaman and Nicobar islands, and in Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala,<br />
Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, as well as Myanmar and Java. Another species<br />
concept is that <strong>of</strong> De Wilde and Duyfjes (2008a, 2010).<br />
69. Trichosanthes cordata Roxb. Fl. Ind. 3: 703 1832.<br />
Type: Bangladesh, mouth <strong>of</strong> the river Meghna, Wallich Cat. No. 6686A (K, CAL).<br />
Trichosanthes macrosiphon Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 41: 308. 1872.<br />
Type: Myanmar, Tenasserim, W.S. Kurz (CAL, no image seen).<br />
Distribution in <strong>India</strong>: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh,<br />
Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Rajasthan,<br />
Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal<br />
Distribution outside <strong>India</strong>: Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Nepal.
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