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Taxon:
Luffa operculata
auct. S. Amer.
See
Luffa sepium
(G. Mey.) C. Jeffrey
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Luffa
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Sicyoeae
Nomen number:
466605
Comment:
non
Luffa operculata
(G. Mey.) C. Jeffrey, which applies to a Mexican and Central American species formerly known as
L. quinquefida
Hook. & Arn.
Verified:
03/26/2013
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
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)
Heiser, C. B. & E. L. Schilling.
1988. The American species of
Luffa
(Cucurbitaceae). Syst. Bot. 13:138.
www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
Heiser, C. B. & E. L. Schilling.
1990. The genus
Luffa
: a problem in phytogeography. Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 123.
Macbride, J. F. et al., eds.
1936-. Flora of Peru
Note:
1936-1971; new ser. 1980-
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds.
1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
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