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Cucurbitella asperata

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(Redirected from Cucurbitella (plant)) Species of flowering plant

Cucurbitella asperata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Subfamily: Cucurbitoideae
Tribe: Coniandreae
Genus: Cucurbitella
Walp. (1845)
Species: C. asperata
Binomial name
Cucurbitella asperata
(Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.) Walp. (1846)
Synonyms
  • Prasopepon Naudin (1866)
  • Schizostigma Arn. (1840)
  • Cucurbita asperata Gillies ex Hook. & Arn. (1833)
  • Cucurbita urkupinana Cárdenas (1945)
  • Cucurbitella cucumifolia (Griseb.) Cogn. (1878)
  • Cucurbitella duriaei (Naudin) Cogn. (1878)
  • Cucurbitella integrifolia Cogn. (1881)
  • Cucurbitella integrifolia var. glabrior Cogn. (1909)
  • Cucurbitella urkupinana (Cárdenas) C.Jeffrey (1978)
  • Prasopepon cucumifolius Griseb. (1874)
  • Prasopepon duriaei Naudin (1866)
  • Schizostigma asperatum (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.) Arn. (1841)

Cucurbitella asperata is a species of flowering plant in the cucumber family, Cucurbitaceae. It is the sole species in genus Cucurbitella. It is a climbing tuberous geophyte native to southern tropical South America, ranging from Bolivia to west-central and southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northern Argentina.

The species was first described as Cucurbita asperata in 1833. In 1846 Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers placed it in the genus Cucurbitella, which he had named the prior year.

References

  1. ^ Cucurbitella Walp. Plants of the World Online Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  2. ^ Cucurbitella asperata (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.) Walp. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
Taxon identifiers
Cucurbitella
Cucurbitella asperata
Cucurbita asperata


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