Trochomeria macrocarpa

Trochomeria macrocarpa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cucurbitales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Cucurbitales

Familia: Cucurbitaceae
Tribus: Benincaseae
Genus: Trochomeria
Species: Trochomeria macrocarpa
Subspecies: T. m. subsp. macrocarpa – T. m. subsp. vitifolia

Name

Trochomeria macrocarpa (Sond.) Harv., Gen. S. Afr. Pl., ed. 2: 125 (1868).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Zehneria macrocarpa Sond. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 2: 488 (1862).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Rwanda, Zaire. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Botswana, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Harvey, W.H.† & Hooker, J.D. (ed.) 1868. The genera of South African plants, arranged according to the natural system. 2nd ed., liv + 483 pp., Cape Town: J.C. Juta. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Trochomeria macrocarpa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Trochomeria macrocarpa. Published online. Accessed: Dec 25 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Trochomeria macrocarpa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 25. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Trochomeria macrocarpa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Dec 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Trochomeria macrocarpa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

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