Coccinia grandiflora

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: Benincaseae
Genus: Coccinia
Species: Coccinia grandiflora Cogn., Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1894: 34 1894.

Name

Coccinia grandiflora Cogn., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 211 (1895).

Type locality: Tanzania, Tanga, Mlalo, dry hill range

Holotype: B: C.H.E.W. Holst 506a (destroyed)

Type locality: Tanzania, Tanga, Usambara, near Amani

Neotype: BR: [H.J.P.?] Winkler 3611 (designated by Holstein (2015: 75))

Synonyms

  • Coccinia calantha Gilg

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Eastern Africa
      • SE-Kenya, E-Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, E-Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Gilg, E. 1905: Cucurbitaceae africanae II. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 34: 343–367.
  • Holstein, N. 2015: Monograph of Coccinia (Cucurbitaceae). in: PhytoKeys 54: 1–166. Full text:

Vernacular names

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