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Showing Luffa saccata

Cucurbitaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Rosanae(superordo)
Cucurbitales(ordo)
Cucurbitaceae(fam.)
Luffa(gen.)
saccata(sp.)

Luffa saccata F.Muell. ex I.Telford

, legitimate

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Telford, I.R.H., Schaefer, H., Greuter, W. & Renner, S.S. (2011), A new Australian species of Luffa (Cucurbitaceae) and typification of two Australian Cucumis names, all based on specimens collected by Ferdinand Mueller in 1856.

Phytokeys

25-28, Figs 2, 3

[tax. nov.]

Type: Northern Territory: Baines Creek [=Baines River, a tributary of the Victoria River], May 1856, F. Mueller (MEL000593093!, the fragment pocket contains three seeds; isotypes: K000634638, K000634639, K000634640, the latter with a tag in Mueller's handwriting "Luffa saccata Ferd. Mueller. Tropical Australia. Victoria River. May 1856").

Etymology: "From Latin saccatus, bag-like, obviously in reference to the fruit."

Biggs, L.J. & Parker, C.M. (21 November 2013), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2012.

Nuytsia

505

[secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census

[secondary reference]

misapplication: Luffa graveolens Roxb. legitimate by

Naudin, C.V. (1859), Revue des Cucurbitacees.

Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique

ser. 4, 12

: 124 misapplication: Luffa graveolens Roxb. legitimate by

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1862), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 3(21)

: 106 misapplication: Luffa graveolens Roxb. legitimate by

Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Cucurbitaceae.

Flora of Australia

: 180, Fig. 44, Map 199 misapplication: Luffa graveolens Roxb. legitimate by

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Cucurbitaceae.

Flora of the Kimberley Region

: 250, Fig. 71B

APC Dist.: WA, NT

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census

APC

[secondary reference]

misapplication: Luffa graveolens Roxb. legitimate by

Naudin, C.V. (1859), Revue des Cucurbitacees.

Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique

ser. 4, 12

: 124 misapplication: Luffa graveolens Roxb. legitimate by

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1862), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 3(21)

: 106 misapplication: Luffa graveolens Roxb. legitimate by

Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Cucurbitaceae.

Flora of Australia

: 180, Fig. 44, Map 199 misapplication: Luffa graveolens Roxb. legitimate by

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Cucurbitaceae.

Flora of the Kimberley Region

: 250, Fig. 71B misapplication: Luffa aegyptiaca f. sylvestris (Miq.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes legitimate by

Wilde, W.J.J.O. de & Duyfjes, B.E.E. (2008), The edible Cucurbitaceae of Thailand and Malesia and the wild forms of the cultivated ones.

Sandakania

: 70-72, Fig. 7

APC Dist.: WA, NT

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