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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)
256.1506 Genus Peponium Engl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], Nachtr. 1: 318 (1897)
Distribution: Tropical and South Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles
Species listed in database: 20
= Peponia Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 5, 5: 29, t. 3 (1866)
species :
Peponium betsiliense Keraudren; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 16: 148 (1960)
Distribution: SE-Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Peponium boivinii (Cogn.) Engl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], Nachtr. 1: 318 (1897)
Distribution: N-Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Peponia boivinii Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 408 (1881)
species :
Peponium caledonicum (Sond.) Engl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], Nachtr. 1, 318 (1897)
Distribution: Zimbabwe; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, N-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho
26 ZIM 27 LES SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Luffa caledonica Sond.; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 2: 490 (1862)
= Peponia caledonica (Sond.) Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 410 (1881)
species :
Peponium chirindense (Baker f.) Cogn.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.275.II, Heft 88 (Cucurb.-Cucumerinae): 218 (1924)
Distribution: E-Tanzania; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
25 TAN 26 MOZ ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Peponia chirindensis Baker f. [J.Linn.Soc., Bot.40: 74 (1911)]
species :
Peponium cienkowskii (Schweinf.) Engl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], Nachtr. 1, 318 (1897)
Distribution: South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; NE-Kenya
24 ETH SSU 25 KEN UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Adenopus cienkowskii Schweinf.; Reliq. Kotschy. 45, t. 30 (1868)
= Peponia cienkowskii (Schweinf.) Hook.f.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 1: 527 (1868)
species :
Peponium elgonense Neng Wei, G.W.Hu & Q.F.Wang; Phytotaxa 443(2): 192 (2020)
Distribution: Kenya
25 KEN
species :
Peponium grandidieri Keraudren; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 16: 148 (1960)
Distribution: SW-Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Peponium hirtellum Keraudren; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 16: 147 (1960)
Distribution: Madagascar (Toliara)
29 MDG
variant :
var. longiracemosum Keraudren; Fl. Madagasc. 185: 135 (1966)
Distribution: SE-Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Peponium humbertii Keraudren; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 16: 142 (1960)
Distribution: N-Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Peponium laceratum Keraudren; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 16: 146 (1960)
Distribution: Madagascar (Alaotra, Nosy Mangabe)
29 MDG
species :
Peponium lagenarioides (Hook.f.) Cogn.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.275.II, Heft 88 (Cucurb.-Cucumerinae): 215 (1924)
Distribution: S-Angola
26 ANG
Remarks: only known from the type collected in 1860
Synonyms: hidden
= Peponia lagenarioides Hook.f.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 1: 527 (1868)
species :
Peponium leucanthum (Gilg) Cogn.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.275.II, Heft 88 (Cucurb.-Cucumerinae): 224 (1924)
Distribution: SE-Tanzania
25 TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Peponia leucantha Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 367 (1904)
species :
Peponium mackenii (Naudin) Engl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], Nachtr. 1, 318 (1897)
Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Peponia mackenii Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 5, 5: 29 (1866)
species :
Peponium pageanum C.Jeffrey; Kew Bull. 30(3): 492 (1975)
Distribution: SE-Tanzania; Mozambique
25 TAN 26 MOZ
species :
Peponium perrieri Keraudren; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 16: 144 (1960)
Distribution: Madagascar (Antananarivo)
29 MDG
variant :
var. glabrescens Keraudren; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 16: 145 (1960)
Distribution: Madagascar (C- & W-Madagascar)
29 MDG
species :
Peponium poissonii Keraudren; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 16: 146 (1960)
Distribution: Madagascar (S- & SW-Madagascar)
29 MDG
species :
Peponium racemosum Keraudren; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 16: 144 (1960)
Distribution: Madagascar (scattered)
29 MDG
species :
Peponium seyrigii Keraudren; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 16: 147 (1960)
Distribution: Madagascar (S- & SW-Madagascar)
29 MDG
variant :
var. linearilobum Keraudren; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 16: 148 (1960)
Distribution: Madagascar (S- & SW-Madagascar)
29 MDG
species :
Peponium sublitorale C.Jeffrey & J.S.Page; Kew Bull. 30(3): 500 (1975)
Distribution: Aldabra (Aldabra Isl.)
29 ALD
species :
Peponium vogelii (Hook.f.) Engl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], Nachtr. 1, 318 (1897)
Distribution: Ivory Coast; Ghana; ?Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; São Tomé; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; ?Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
22 BEN GHA IVO NGA 23 BIO CAF CON GAB SAO ZAI 24 SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MOZ ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Cucurbita cucullata Bojer ex Hook.f.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 2: 527 (1871)
= Peponia bojeri Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 410 (1881)
= Peponia bracteata Cogn.; Bol. Soc. Brot. 10: 119 (1893)
= Peponia bracteata var. hirsuta Cogn.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 2, 1(1): 26 (1899)
= Peponia dissecta Cogn.; Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belgique, Sér. 3, 16: 234 (1888)
= Peponia grandiflora Cogn.; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 4: 223 (1914)
= Peponia kilimandscharica Cogn. ex Engl.; Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891: 406 (1892)
= Peponia kilimandscharica var. holstii Cogn.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 210 (1895)
= Peponia kilimandscharica var. subintegrifolia Cogn.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 210 (1895)
= Peponia laurentii De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 5, 3: 145 (1909)
= Peponia macroura Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 344 (1904)
= Peponia rufotomentosa Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 345 (1904)
= Peponia urticoides Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 346 (1904)
= Peponia usambarensis Engl.; Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1894: 61 (1894)
= Peponia vogelii Hook.f.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 2: 526 (1871)
= Peponia vogelii var. cucullata (Bojer ex Hook.f.) Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 407 (1881)
= Peponium adpressipilosum Zimm.; Cucurbitac. 2: 184 (1922)
= Peponium bojeri (Cogn.) Engl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], Nachtr. 1: 318 (1897)
= Peponium bracteatum (Cogn.) Cogn.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.275.II, Heft 88 (Cucurb.-Cucumerinae): 217 (1924)
= Peponium bracteatum var. hirsutum (Cogn.) Cogn.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.275.II, Heft 88 (Cucurb.-Cucumerinae): 217 (1924)
= Peponium dissectum (Cogn.) Cogn.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.275.II, Heft 88 (Cucurb.-Cucumerinae): 218 (1924)
= Peponium grandiflorum (Cogn.) Cogn.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.275.II, Heft 88 (Cucurb.-Cucumerinae): 215 (1924)
= Peponium kilimandscharicum (Cogn. ex Engl.) Engl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], Nachtr. 1: 318 (1897)
= Peponium kilimandscharicum var. holstii (Cogn.) Cogn.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.275.II, Heft 88 (Cucurb.-Cucumerinae): 221 (1924)
= Peponium laurentii (De Wild.) Cogn.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.275.II, Heft 88 (Cucurb.-Cucumerinae): 214 (1924)
= Peponium macrourum (Gilg) Cogn.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.275.II, Heft 88 (Cucurb.-Cucumerinae): 222 (1924)
= Peponium rectipilosum Zimm.; Cucurbitac. 2: 184 (1922)
= Peponium rufotomentosum (Gilg) Cogn.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.275.II, Heft 88 (Cucurb.-Cucumerinae): 221 (1924)
= Peponium urticoides (Gilg) Cogn.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.275.II, Heft 88 (Cucurb.-Cucumerinae): 222 (1924)
= Peponium usambarense (Engl.) Engl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], Nachtr. 1: 318 (1897)
= Peponium vogelii var. cucullatum (Bojer ex Hook.f.) Cogn.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.275.II, Heft 88 (Cucurb.-Cucumerinae): 214 (1924)
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