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> 61<br />
Jeffrey (1980) and Chakravarty (1982) both list B. cerasiformis (under Ctenolepis)<br />
in their checklists, but we have not seen <strong>India</strong>n specimens.<br />
5. Blastania garcinii (Burm.f.) Cogn. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 629. 1881.<br />
Ctenolepis garcinii (Burm.f.) Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 1(3): 832. 1867.<br />
Bryonia garcinii (Burm.f.) Willd., Sp. Pl. 4(1): 623. 1805 (as garcini).<br />
Sicyos garcinii Burm. f., Fl. Ind. 211 (err. typ. 311). 1768.<br />
Type: <strong>India</strong>, Tamil Nadu, Chennai (formerly Madras), Tuticorin, Garcin s.n. (G) fide<br />
Jeffrey, 1980.<br />
Distribution in <strong>India</strong>: Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya<br />
Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh.<br />
Distribution outside <strong>India</strong>: Sri Lanka.<br />
Image: Nothing reliable found.<br />
GenBank: No published sequences available.<br />
Comments: Blastania includes B. cerasiformis from <strong>India</strong> and west to tropical Africa, B.<br />
garcinii from <strong>India</strong> and Sri Lanka, and a third species in Madagascar.<br />
6. Bryonia aspera Steven ex Ledeb., Fl. Ross. 2:140. 1843.<br />
Lectotype: Northern Caucasus, Narzan, Bieberstein (LE), designated by Jeffrey (1969).<br />
Distribution in <strong>India</strong>: NW <strong>India</strong>: Jammu (Upper Chenab Valley), Himachal Pradesh<br />
(Chamba, Lahul-spiti).<br />
Distribution outside <strong>India</strong>: Turkey, Iran, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan,<br />
Norther Afghanistan, Pakistan.<br />
Image: Nothing reliable found.<br />
GenBank: Sequences from Volz and Renner (2009), e.g., EU683747, EU683740.<br />
Comment: This was treated as B. dioica Jacq. by Chakravarty (1982), but that species<br />
does not occur as far east as <strong>India</strong>, ranging instead from Spain south to<br />
Algeria and Morocco, Sardinia, Corsica, and the Greek Peninsula and east to<br />
mid-Poland; a distribution map with all species <strong>of</strong> Bryonia is provided by Volz<br />
and Renner (2009).<br />
7. Bryonia monoica Aitch. & Hemsl., Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 3(1): 65. 1888.<br />
Type: Afghanistan, Badghis, Aitchison 339 (CAL photo available from SSR, K).<br />
Distribution in <strong>India</strong>: Probably near the Pakistani border.<br />
Distribution outside <strong>India</strong>: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan,<br />
Iran, Pakistan.<br />
Image: Nothing reliable found.<br />
GenBank: Sequences from Volz and Renner (2009), e.g., EU096421, EU096419.
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