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Taxon:
Luffa operculata
(L.) Cogn.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Luffa
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Sicyoeae
Nomen number:
311698
Place of publication:
C. F. P. von Martius, Fl. bras. 6(4):12. 1878
Comment:
non
Luffa operculata
auct. S. Amer. (=
L. sepium
(G. Mey.) C. Jeffrey
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
Basionym
Momordica operculata
L.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Elaterium quinquefidum
Hook. & Arn.
Luffa quinquefida
(Hook. & Arn.) Seem.
No images
Reference(s)
Filipowicz, N. et al.
2014. Revisiting
Luffa
(Cucurbitaceae) 25 years after C. Heiser: Species boundaries and application of names tested with plastid and nuclear DNA sequences. Syst. Bot. 39:205-215.
www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
Hammel, B. E. et al., eds.
Manual de plantas de Costa Rica. 2003-
McVaugh, R.
Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983-
Note:
accepts for Mexican plants called
L. quinquefida
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds.
Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. 1995-
Note:
mentions
Common names
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Northern America
Northern Mexico
Mexico
Sinaloa
1
Native
Northern America
Northern Mexico
Mexico
Sonora
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Chiapas
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Colima
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Guerrero
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Nayarit
1
Native
Southern America
Mesoamerica
Costa Rica
1
Native
Southern America
Mesoamerica
El Salvador
1
Native
Southern America
Mesoamerica
Guatemala
1
Native
Southern America
Mesoamerica
Nicaragua
Native
Northern America
NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[Sinaloa, Sonora]
SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Nayarit]
Southern America
MESOAMERICA:
Costa Rica
,
Guatemala
,
Nicaragua
,
El Salvador
Economic Uses
Materials
Medicines
folklore (fide Syst Bot 13:144. 1988) –
Reference(s)
Name
References
Economic Uses