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Taxon:
Posadaea sphaerocarpa
Cogn.
Synonym of
Melothria sphaerocarpa
(Cogn.) H. Schaef. & S. S. Renner
Nomenclature
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Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Posadaea
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
461725
Place of publication:
Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belgique sér. 3, 20:477. 1887
Verified:
04/28/2011
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
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0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
Boggan, J. et al.
1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2
Davidse, G. et al., eds.
1994. Flora mesoamericana.
Forzza, R. C. et al., coord.
Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
URL:
http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/
Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds.
1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
Schaefer, H. & S. S. Renner.
2010. A gift from the New World? The West African crop
Cucumeropsis mannii
and the American
Posadaea sphaerocarpa
(Cucurbitaceae) are the same species. Syst. Bot. 35:534-540.
www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
Schaefer, H. & S. S. Renner.
2011. Phylogenetic relationships in the order Cucurbitales and a new classification of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae). Taxon 60:134.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds.
1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana.
Note:
Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
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