Category: Cucurbitaceae

Zanonia indica subsp. indica (S. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO)                           Zanonia indica subsp. orientalis W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes

Neoalsomitra clavigera (M.Roem.) Hutch.  

Ctenolepis cerasiformis (Stocks) Hook. fil. (Distribution: Global: Old World tropics. In India: Gujarat) Ctenolepis garcinii (Burm. fil.) Naud. (Distribution: Global: India and Sri Lanka. In India: Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh) Dactyliandra welwitschii Hook. fil.(W. Angola to Namibia: Angola, Namibia; Introduced into: India, Pakistan as per POWO; Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan as per BSI Flora of […]

Siraitia grosvenorii (Swingle) C.Jeffrey ex A.M.Lu & Zhi Y.Zhang (Cultivated)  

Kedrostis foetidissima (Jacq.) Cogn.  

Gynostemma pentaphyllum (Thunb.) Makino       . The genus Gynostemma Blume (CUCURBITACEAE) comprises about 10 to 19 species distributed in tropical Asia to E.Asia1. In India, it is represented by a single species2. 1. Gynostemma pentaphyllum (Thunb.) Makino     Synonyms:Vitis pentaphylla Thunb.; Gynostemma pedatum Blume; G. simplicifolium Blume; G. pentaphyllum f. simplicifolium (Blume) W.J.de Wilde & […]

Two species of Bryonia L. (CUCURBITACEAE) are occurring in India1. 1. Bryonia aspera Steven ex Ledeb.    Distribution: Global: Turkey, Iran, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. In India: NW India: Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh. 2. Bryonia monoica Aitch. & Hemsl.    Distribution: Global: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and India. In […]

Actinostemma tenerum Griff. (Himalaya to Temp. E. Asia: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Korea, Laos, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO)   . The genus Actinostemma Griff. (CUCURBITACEAE) comprises three species of which one occurs in India. 1. Actinostemma tenerum Griff. Synonyms: Actinostemma lobatum var. japonicum Maxim.; A. lobatum […]

  Gomphogyne cissiformis Griff.    

  Sicyos angulatus L.   Sicyos edulis Jacq.     

  Corallocarpus epigaeus (Rottler) C.B.Clarke    

Indofevillea khasiana Chatterjee  

Thladiantha cordifolia (Blume) Cogn.    . The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequences by Susanne S. Renner, Arun K. Pandey. (2013)- Accepted names Thladiantha cordifolia (Blume) Cogn. Thladiantha hookeri C.B. Clarke . Species as per annotated checklist of the flowering plants of Nepal :  Thladiantha cordifolia (Blume) […]

Herpetospermum darjeelingense (C.B.Clarke) H.Schaef. & S.S.Renner Herpetospermum pedunculosum (Ser.) C.B. Clarke Herpetospermum tonglense (C. B. Clarke) H. Schaef. & S. S. Renner (Nepal to China (NW. Yunnan): Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal as per POWO)   . The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequences by Susanne S. […]

As per efi thread: W.J.J.O. DE WILDE & B.E.E. DUYFJES in THAI FOR. BULL. (BOT.) 32: 15–31. 2004 write: 1. Zehneria maysorensis (Wight & Arn.) Arn. Type: S India, Wallich 6702 A–D, Wight 1116.— Zehneria maysorensis (Wight & Arn.) Arn. var. oblonga V. P. Prasad & M. Prasad, J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 17 (2): 471. […]

Keys in Flora of Bhutan: 1. Male flowers solitary or 2; anthers free ……….. .. 1. T. dioica + Male flowers in racemes; anthers connate …………… .. 2 2. Male racemes with minute, linear bracts l – 2mm ……… .. 2. T. cucumerina + Male racemes with large, oblong or rounded bracts 0.5 – 4.5cm […]

Momordica balsamina L. (Tropical & S. Africa, SW. Arabian Peninsula, Australia: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, New South Wales, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Queensland, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, South Australia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe; Introduced into: Alabama, Cuba, […]

Solena amplexicaulis (Lam.) Gandhi (South India as per as per Review of the Genus Solena (Cucurbitaceae) Authors: Wilde, W.J.J.O. De; Duyfjes, B.E.E. Source: Blumea – Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants, Volume 49, Number 1, May 2004 , pp. 69-81(13))- Shape of the fruit is distintive. (Images by Nasim Kasim (Id by C. Kunhikannan & L […]

  Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb. Images by tspkumar   Luffa cylindrica (L.) M.Roem Images by tspkumar   The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequences by Susanne S. Renner, Arun K. Pandey. (2013)- Accepted names: Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb. Luffa cylindrica (L.) M.Roem. Luffa echinata Roxb. Luffa […]