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256.0000 Family Cucurbitaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 393 (1789), nom. cons.
ca. 100 genera, ca. 1050 spp. Phylogeny: Schaefer & Renner (2011)
Species listed in database: 1085; hybrids: 3
= Bryoniaceae G.Mey.; Chloris Han. 6, 112 (1836)
= Cyclantheraceae Lilja; Skånes Fl., ed. 2: 716, 980 (1870)
= Nhandirobaceae T.Lestib.; Botanogr. Élém. 515 (1826)
= Zanoniaceae Dumort.; Anal. Fam. Pl. 28, 29 (1829)
256.1521 Genus Diplocyclos (Endl.) Post & Kuntze; Lex. Gen. Phan. [Post & Kuntze] 68 (1903)
Distribution: Tropical Africa (3); 1 tropical Asia, Malesia, Australia, W-Oceania
Species listed in database: 4
= Ilocania Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 13: 65 (1918)
species :
Diplocyclos decipiens (Hook.f.) C.Jeffrey; Kew Bull. 15: 351 (1962)
Distribution: S-D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania; NW-Angola; Zambia; Malawi
23 ZAI 25 TAN 26 ANG MLW ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Cephalandra decipiens Hook.f.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 2: 552 (1871)
= Coccinia decipiens (Hook.f.) Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 539 (1881)
= Coccinia stolzii Harms; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 58: 241 (1923)
= Corallocarpus leiocarpus Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 365 (1904)
= Diplocyclos leiocarpus (Gilg) Jeffrey; Kew Bull. 15: 351 (1962)
= Momordica cogniauxiana De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 4, 160 (1903)
species :
Diplocyclos palmatus (L.) C.Jeffrey; Kew Bull. 15: 352 (1961)
subspecies :
subsp. palmatus
Distribution: Egypt (SE-Egypt); Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; São Tomé; Congo [Brazzaville]; E-D. R. Congo [Zaire]; ?Sudan; South Sudan; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; E-Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal); Madagascar [I]; China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan); Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Pakistan (Sind, Karachi, Baluchistan, Pakistani Punjab, Rawalpindi); Nepal; Bhutan; India (Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; Sumatera; Sulawesi; Philippines (Luzon, Panay, Biliran, Leyte, Basilan, Mindanao); Jawa; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, etc.); Moluccas (Buru); New Guinea (Papua New Guinea); Australia (N-Northern Territory, E-Queensland, NE-New South Wales)
20 EGY 23 BIO CON SAO ZAI 24 SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MOZ ZIM 27 SAF 29 mdg 36 CHI 38 NNS TAI 40 BAN BHU IND LDV NEP PAK SRL 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI SUL SUM 50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Bryonia dioica Bojer; Hortus Maurit. 148 (1837), nom. illeg.
= Bryonia laciniosa L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 1053 (1753)
= Bryonia palmata L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 1012 (1753), excl. syn.
= Bryonia pedata Hassk.; Flora 25: Beibl. 42 (1842)
= Bryonia quinquefolia Noronha; Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 5: ed. I. Art. IV. 48 (1790), nomen
= Bryonia variegata Mill.; Gard. Dict., ed. 8: no. 5 (1768)
= Bryonopsis erythrocarpa (F.Muell.) Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 4, 18: 194 (1862)
= Bryonopsis laciniosa (L.) Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 4, 12: 141 (1860)
= Bryonopsis laciniosa f. erythrocarpa (F.Muell.) Mizush.; J. Jap. Bot. 41: 259 (1966)
= Bryonopsis laciniosa var. erythrocarpa (F.Muell.) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 89: 634 (1929)
= Bryonopsis laciniosa var. erythrocarpa (F.Muell.) Naudin; Ill. Hort. 12: t. 431 (1865)
= Bryonopsis laciniosa var. walkeri Chakrav.; Rec. Bot. Surv. India 17(1): 138 (1959)
= Bryonopsis pedata Hassk.; Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. [Hasskarl] 189 (1844)
= Cayaponia laciniosa (L.) C.Jeffrey; Kew Bull. 15: 346 (1962)
= Coccinia palmata (L.) M.Roem.; Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2(Syn. Pepon.): 93 (1846)
= Diplocyclos palmatus var. walkeri (Chakrav.) Babu; Herbac. Fl. Dehra Dun 198 (1977)
= Trichosanthes muelleri Cogn.; Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 14: 346 (1887)
= Zehneria erythrocarpa F.Muell.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 8: 51 (1856)
variant :
var. pedata (Merr.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes; Reinwardtia 12: 405 (2009)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)
42 PHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Ilocania pedata Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 13(1): 65 (1918)
subspecies :
subsp. affinis (Endl.) P.S.Green; Kew Bull. 45(2): 238 (1990)
Distribution: Solomon Isl.; Norfolk Isl.; Vanuatu; New Caledonia (rainforest)
43 SOL 50 NFK 60 NWC VAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Bryonia affinis Endl.; Prom. Golfe Gascogne 125 (1833)
= Bryonia pancheri Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 4, 9: 398 (1858)
= Bryonopsis affinis (Endl.) Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 479 (1881)
= Bryonopsis pancheri (Naudin) Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 5, 6: 30 (1866)
species :
Diplocyclos schliebenii (Harms) C.Jeffrey; Kew Bull. 15: 352 (1962)
Distribution: SE-Kenya; NE-Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Momordica schliebenii Harms; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 1090 (1934)
species :
Diplocyclos tenuis (Klotzsch) C.Jeffrey; Kew Bull. 15: 352 (1962)
Distribution: SE-Kenya; E-Tanzania; Mozambique
25 KEN TAN 26 MOZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Bryonia tenuis Klotzsch; Naturw. Reise Mossambique [Peters] 150 (1861)
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