Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Cucurbitaceae Juss.
Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.
, legitimate , scientific
Miller, P. (1768) , The Gardeners Dictionary Edn. 8 :
-
[tax. nov.]
Bentham, G. (5 January 1867) , Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3 :
316
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Luffa pentandra Roxb.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Luffa cylindrica ( L.) M.Roem.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Luffa leiocarpa ( Naudin) F.Muell.
legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
76
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (13 May 1889) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 4 :
6
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants :
221
[secondary reference]
common name:
Native Towel-gourd
[n/a]
Domin, K. (1929) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89) :
1186
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Luffa cylindrica ( L.) M.Roem.
legitimate
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972) , Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4) :
261
[secondary reference]
Telford, I.R. & Marsden, C.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981) , Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Central Australia :
230
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Luffa cylindrica ( L.) M.Roem.
legitimate
Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982) , Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Australia 8 :
179
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Luffa cylindrica ( L.) M.Roem.
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Momordica luffa L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Momordica cylindrica L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Luffa cylindrica ( L.) M.Roem.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Luffa insularum A.Gray
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Luffa cylindrica var. leiocarpa Naudin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Luffa leiocarpa ( Naudin) F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Luffa cylindrica var. insularum ( A.Gray) Cogn.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Luffa aegyptiaca var. peramara F.M.Bailey
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Luffa cylindrica var. multiflora ( Spreng.) Domin
nom. illeg.
APC Dist.:
ChI, WA, NT, Qld
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Momordica luffa L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Momordica cylindrica L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cucurbita multiflora G.Forst.
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Cucurbita multiflora Spreng.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Luffa pentandra Roxb.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Luffa cylindrica ( L.) M.Roem.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Luffa insularum A.Gray
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Luffa cylindrica var. leiocarpa Naudin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Luffa leiocarpa ( Naudin) F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Luffa cylindrica var. insularum ( A.Gray) Cogn.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Luffa aegyptiaca var. peramara F.M.Bailey
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Luffa cylindrica var. multiflora ( Spreng.) Domin
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Luffa aegyptiaca var. leiocarpa ( Naudin) Heiser & E.E.Schill.
legitimate
Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (16 March 2017) , Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2016. Nuytsia 28 :
127
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Luffa aegyptiaca var. leiocarpa ( Naudin) Heiser & E.E.Schill.
legitimate