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Ver. 19.3
May 18th, 2024

253.0000 Family Cucurbitaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl.: 393 (1789), nom. cons.
ca. 100 genera, ca. 1050 spp. Phylogeny: Schaefer & Renner (2011)
Species listed in database: 1082; hybrids: 3
= Bryoniaceae G.Mey.; Chloris Han.: 6, 112 (1836)
= Cyclantheraceae Lilja; Skånes Fl., ed. 2: 716, 980 (1870)
= Nhandirobaceae T.Lestib.; Botanogr. Elém.: 515 (1826)
= Zanoniaceae Dumort.; Anal. Fam. Pl.: 28, 29 (1829)
253.1102 Genus Luffa Mill.; Gard. Dict. Abridg. Ed. 4 (1754)
Distribution: Tropical Old World (6), tropical America (1)
Species listed in database: 8
= Poppya Neck.; Elem. 1: 241 (1790)
= Trevouxia Scop.; Introd. 152 (1777)
= Turia Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt. Arab. 165 (1775)
species :
Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.; Fl. Ind., ed. 1832 3: 713-714 (1832)
Name: Chinese Ochro, Jhingi, Satputia, Torchon (Trinidad & Tobago); Esponja, Estropajo, Servilleta de pobre, Sinkwa towelsponge
Distribution: Burkina Faso [I]; Benin [I]; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo] [I]; S-Chad [I]; Mozambique [I]; Madagascar [I]; Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; Seychelles [I]; Agalega Isl. [c]; Turkmenistan [I]; Kazakhstan [I]; Uzbekistan [I]; Tajikistan [I]; Azerbaijan [I]; China [I]; Japan [I]; Taiwan [I]; Pakistan (Salt Range, Lahore); India (Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); Maldives [I]; Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.; Nicobar Isl.; Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; Philippines [I]; Java; New Guinea [I]; Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I]); Palau [I]; Guam [I]; USA [I] (Louisiana [I], Virginia [I]); Cuba [I]; Jamaica [I]; Haiti [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Antigua [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Dominica [I]; Martinique [I]; St. Vincent [I]; Trinidad & Tobago [I]; Venezuela [I]; Peru [I]
22 ben bkn 23 bio 24 cha 26 moz 29 aga mau mdg reu sey 32 kaz tkm tzk uzb 33 aze 36 chi 38 jap tai 40 BAN IND LDV mdv PAK SRL 41 AND CBD LAO MYA NCB THA VIE 42 JAW nwg phi 61 sci 62 gum plu 78 usa 81 aba cub dom gdl his jam mar pue stv trt 82 ven 83 per
Synonyms: hidden
= Cucumis acutangulus L.; Sp. Pl. 2: 1011 (1753)
= Cucumis lineatus Bosc; J. Hist. Nat. Par. 2: 251, t. 37 (1792)
= Cucumis megacarpus G.Don; Gen. Syst. 3: 28 (1834)
= Cucumis operculatus Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 343 (1834)
= Cucurbita acutangula (L.) Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 932 (1826)
= Cucurbita campanulata D.Dietr.; Syn. Pl. 5: 360 (1852)
= Cucurbita umbellata J.G.Klein ex Willd.; Sp. Pl. ed. 4. 4: 608 (1805)
= Luffa acutangula f. amara (Roxb.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes; Sandakania (2008)
= Luffa acutangula var. amara (Roxb.) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India 2: 615 (1879)
= Luffa acutangula var. forskalii (Schweinf. ex Harms) Heiser & E.E.Schill.; Biotropica: 123 (1990)
= Luffa amara Roxb.; Hort. Beng. 70 (1814), nomen, Fl. Ind. 3: 715 (1832)
= Luffa cattu-picinna Ser.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 3: 303 (1828)
= Luffa drastica Mart.; Syst. Mat. Med. Bras. 81 (1843)
= Luffa fluminensis M.Roem.; Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2 (Syn. Pepon.) 64 (1846)
= Luffa foetida Cav.; Ic. 1: 7, t. 9 (1791)
= Luffa forskalii Beck & F.Abel; Wiener Ill. Gart.-Zeitung 16: 451 (1891)
= Luffa forskalii Schweinf. ex Harms; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 19: 232 (1923)
= Luffa gosa Buch.-Ham.; Wall. Cat. n. 6753 (1832)
= Luffa hermaphrodita N.B.Singh & U.C.Bhattach.; Baileya 11: 136 (1964)
= Luffa kleinii Wight & Arn.; Prod. 344 (1834)
= Luffa plukenetiana Ser.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 3: 302 (1828)
= Luffa tenera Royle; Illustr. Bot. Himalaya. 219 (1839)
= Luffa umbellata (J.G.Klein ex Willd.) M.Roem.; Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 63 (1846)
= Momordica luffa Vell.; Fl. Flum. 10: t. 93 (1829), non L.
= Momordica tubiflora Wall.; Numer. List no. 6749 (1832), nomen
= Trichosanthes amara Blanco; Fl. Filip.: 774 (1837), nom. illeg.
species :
Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.; G. Dict. ed. 8 (1768)
Name: Schwammgurke, Esponja, Estropajo, Servilleta de pobre, Pepinille de esponja; Sponge gourd, Vegetable sponge
Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; São Tomé; Annobon Isl.; Congo; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; W-Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Kenya; Tanzania; NW-Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia [I]; Madagascar; Comores; Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; Seychelles [I]; Kazakhstan [I]; Turkmenistan [I]; Uzbekistan [I]; Tajikistan [I]; Azerbaijan [I]; Turkey [I]; China [I]; South Korea [I]; Japan [I]; Taiwan [I]; Pakistan (Sind, Baluchistan, Pakistani Punjab, Swat, Gilgit); Bhutan; India (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; Maldives; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.; Nicobar Isl.; Myanmar; Thailand [I]; Laos [I]; Cambodia [I]; Vietnam [I]; peninsular Malaysia [I]; Sumatra [I]; Philippines [I]; Java [I]; Lesser Sunda Isl. [I]; Moluccas [I]; New Guinea [I]; Bismarck Arch. [I]; Solomon Isl. [I]; Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland); New Caledonia [I]; New Caledonia [I]; Rotuma Isl. [I]; Vanuatu [I]; Tonga [I] (Tongatapu [I], Vava´u [I]); Niue [I]; Fiji [I]; American Samoa [I] (Olosega [I], Ta´u [I]); [Western] Samoa [I] (Aleipata Islands [I], Savai´i [I], ´Upolu [I]); Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I], Mangaia [I], Atiu [I]); Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I], Raiatea [I]); Palau [I]; Guam [I]; Fed. States of Micronesia [I] (Truk [I], Moen [I], Dublon [I], Romanum [I], Tol [I], Pohnpei [I], Kosrae [I]); USA [I] (Florida [I], Illinois [I], Louisiana [I], North Carolina [I], South Carolina [I], Texas [I], Virginia [I]); Mexico [I]; Guatemala [I]; Belize [I]; El Salvador [I]; Honduras [I]; Nicaragua [I]; Costa Rica [I]; Panama [I]; Cuba [I]; Jamaica [I]; Dominican Republic [I]; Haiti [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Virgin Isl. [I]; Antigua [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Dominica [I]; Martinique [I]; St. Lucia [I]; St. Vincent [I]; Grenada [I]; Barbados [I]; Trinidad [I]; Curacao [I]; Colombia [I]; Venezuela [I]; Guyana [I]; Surinam [I]; French Guiana [I]; Ecuador [I]; Peru [I]; Bolivia [I]; Brazil [I]; Paraguay [I]; Argentina [I]
22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR MLI NGA NGR SEN SIE TOG 23 ANN BIO BUR CAF CMN CON RWA SAO ZAI 24 CHA ETH SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 nam 29 COM mau MDG reu sey 32 kaz tkm tzk uzb 33 aze 34 tur 36 chi 38 jap kor tai 40 BAN BHU IND LDV MDV PAK 41 AND cbd lao MYA NCB tha vie 42 jaw lsi mly mol nwg phi sum 43 bis sol 50 AUS 60 asa fij nue nwc rot sam ton van 61 coo sci 62 gum mic plu 74 usa 77 usa 78 usa 79 mex 80 blz cos els gua hon nic pan 81 aba bbd cub cur dom gdl gre his jam mar pue stl stv trt vir 82 clm frg guy sur ven 83 bol ecu per 84 bra 85 arg par
Synonyms: hidden
= Bryonia cheirophylla Wall.; Numer. List no. 6715 A (1831)
= Cucumis acutangulus Wall.; Numer. List no. 6736 A (1831), nomen
= Cucumis pentandrus Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 343 (1834), nomen
= Luffa acutangula var. subangulata (Miq.) Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. 3: 461 (1881)
= Luffa aegyptiaca f. sylvestris (Miq.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes; Sandakania (2008)
= Luffa aegyptiaca var. leiocarpa (Naudin) Heiser & E.E.Schill.; Biotropica 20: 186 (1988)
= Luffa aegyptiaca var. peramara F.M.Bailey; Syn. Queensland FI. suppl. 3: 29 (1890)
= Luffa cylindrica M.Roem.; Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2 (Syn. Pepon.) 63 (1846)
= Luffa cylindrica var. insularum (A.Gray) Cogn.; A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 459 (1881)
= Luffa cylindrica var. leiocarpa Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) ser. 4, 12: 121 (1859)
= Luffa cylindrica var. minima Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 16: 165 (1862)
= Luffa cylindrica var. multiflora Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 89: 632 (1929) nom. illeg.
= Luffa cylindrica var. triangularis Cogn.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 209 (1895)
= Luffa fricatoria Sessé & Moc.; Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 227 (1894)
= Luffa insularum A.Gray; Bot. U. St. Expl. Exped. 1: 644 (1854)
= Luffa leiocarpa (Naudin) F.Muell.; Fragm. 3: 107 (1862)
= Luffa leucosperma M.Roem.; Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2 (Syn. Pepon.) 63 (1846)
= Luffa parvula Buch.-Ham. ex G.Don; Gen. Hist. 3: 29 (1834)
= Luffa pentandra Roxb.; Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 3: 712 (1832)
= Luffa petola Ser.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 3: 303 (1828)
= Luffa subangulata Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 667 (1855)
= Luffa sylvestris Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 666 (1856)
= Melothria touchanensis H.Lév.; Fl. Kouy-Tcheou 122 (1914)
= Momordica carinata Vell.; Fl. Flum. 10: t. 97 (1829)
= Momordica cylindrica L.; Sp. Pl. 2: 1009 (1753)
= Momordica luffa L.; Sp. Pl. 1009 (1753)
= Momordica operculata Blanco; Fl. Filip. ed. I. 770 (1837)
= Momordica reticulata Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 158 (1796)
= Poppya fabiana K.Koch; Berliner Allg. Gartenzeitung 1857: 60 (1857)
= Turia cordata Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.; Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis].: 403 (1791)
= Turia cylindrica Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.; Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis].: 403 (1791)
= Turia sativa Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: cxxi (1775), nomen
species :
Luffa astorii Svenson; Am. J. Bot. 22: 256 (1935)
Distribution: Ecuador; Galapagos; Peru
83 ECU GAL PER
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Luffa echinata Roxb.; Hort. Beng. 104 (1814), nomen, et Fl. Ind. 3 (1832)
Distribution: Mauritania; Mali; Niger; NE-Nigeria; Cameroon; W-Chad; Ethiopia; S-Somalia; Pakistan (Sind, Swat); India (Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); Bangladesh
22 MLI MTN NGA NGR 23 CMN 24 CHA ETH SOM 40 BAN IND PAK
Synonyms: hidden
= Luffa bindaal Roxb.; Hort. Beng. 104 (1814), nomen, Fl. Ind. 3: 717 (1832)
= Luffa bondel Buch.-Ham. ex Steud.; Nom. ed. II. 2: 77 (1841)
= Luffa echinata var. longistyla (Müll.Stuttg.) C.B.Clarke; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 615 (1879)
= Luffa longistyla Müll.Stuttg.; Ann. Bot. Syst. 4: 863 (1858)
= Momordica echinocarpa Fenzl ex Hook.f.; Oliv. et al. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 531 (1871), nomen
= Momordica erinocarpa Fenzl ex Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. IV. 12: 135 (1859)
species :
Luffa graveolens Roxb.; Hort. Beng. 70 (1814), nomen, Fl. Ind. 3: 716 (1832)
Distribution: India (Bihar, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Australia [I] (Western Australia [I], Northern Territory [I])
40 BAN IND 50 aus
species :
Luffa operculata (L.) Cogn.; Fl. Bras. (Martius) 6: IV. 12 (1878), p. p. incl. typo
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Veracruz); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, La Guajira, Magdalena); Venezuela (Anzoategui, Apure, Bolívar, Cojedes, Falcon, Guarico, Zulia, Merida); N-Brazil (Amazonas); NE-Brazil; SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais)
79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 82 CLM VEN 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Cucumis fricatorius Sessé & Moc.; Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 227 (1894)
= Elaterium quinquefidum Hook. & Arn.; Bot. Beechey Voy. 292 (1832)
= Luffa operculata var. intermedia Cogn.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 330 (1895)
= Luffa quinquefida (Hook. & Arn.) Seem.; Bot. Voy. Herald, 285 (1857)
= Momordica operculata L.; Syst. ed. X. 1278 (1759)
= Momordica quinquefida (Hook. & Arn.) Hook. & Arn.; Bot. Beechey Voy.: 424 (1840)
= Poppya operculata (L.) M.Roem.; Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2 (Syn. Pepon.) 59 (1846)
species :
Luffa saccata F.Muell. ex I.Telford; PhytoKeys 5: 25 (-28; figs. 2-3) (2011)
Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory, Western Australia)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Luffa saccata F.Muell. ex Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. IV. 12: 124 (1859)
species :
Luffa sepium (G.Mey.) C.Jeffrey; Kew Bull. 47(4): 742 (1992)
Distribution: Norfolk Isl. [I]; Panama; Trinidad; Curacao [I]; Colombia; Venezuela (Anzoategui, Apure, Barinas, Bolívar, Cojedes, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Merida, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador [I]; Galapagos; Peru; Bolivia (Santa Cruz)
50 nfk 80 PAN 81 cur TRT 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ecu GAL PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Luffa operculata var. lobata Cogn.; Mart., Fl. Bras. 6(4): 13 (1878)
= Cucumis sepium G.Mey.; Prim. Fl. Esseq. 278 (1818)
= Luffa purgans (Mart.) Mart.; Syst. Mat. Med. Bras. 81 (1843)
= Momordica purgans Mart.; Reise Bras. 2: 546 (1828)
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