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Ver. 19.2
April 17th, 2024

282.0000 Family Cucurbitaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl.: 393 (1789), nom. cons.
ca. 100 genera, ca. 1050 spp. Phylogeny: Schaefer & Renner (2011)
Species listed in database: 1082; hybrids: 3
= Bryoniaceae G.Mey.; Chloris Han.: 6, 112 (1836)
= Cyclantheraceae Lilja; Skånes Fl., ed. 2: 716, 980 (1870)
= Nhandirobaceae T.Lestib.; Botanogr. Elém.: 515 (1826)
= Zanoniaceae Dumort.; Anal. Fam. Pl.: 28, 29 (1829)
282.1522 Genus Coccinia Wight & Arn.; Prod. 847 (1834)
Distribution: Tropical and South Africa ; 1 tropical India, Malesia, N-Australia
Species listed in database: 31
= Cephalandra Schrad. ex Eckl. & Zeyh.; Enum. 280 (1836)
= Physedra Hook.f.; Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. 1: 827 (1867)
= Staphylosyce Hook.f.; Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. 1: 828 (1867)
species :
Coccinia abyssinica (Lam.) Cogn.; DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 536 (1881)
Distribution: Egypt (SE-Egypt); Ethiopia
20 EGY 24 ETH
Synonyms: hidden
= Bryonia abyssinica Lam.; Encycl. 1: 497 (1785)
= Bryonia macrophylla Ser.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 3: 308 (1828)
= Cephalandra diversifolia (Naudin ex C.Huber) Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 5: 18 (1866)
= Coccinia diversifolia (Naudin) Cogn.; DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 536 (1881)
= Coccinia diversifolia Naudin ex C.Huber; Nursery Cat. (Charles Huber Bros. and Co.) 1864(Cat. Print.): 6 (1864)
= Coccinia diversifolia var. glabrescens Cogn.; DC. & A. DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 537 (1881)
= Cucumis striatus A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 295 (1848)
= Cucurbita exanthematica Fenzl ex A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 296 (1848)
species :
Coccinia adoensis (A.Rich.) Cogn.; DC. Monogr. Phan. 3: 538 (1881)
Distribution: Ghana; Nigeria; Cameroon; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; S-Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]
22 GHA NGA 23 CMN ZAI 24 CHA ERI ETH SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Bryonia convolvuloides A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 288 (1847)
= Bryonia jatrophifolia A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 289 (1848)
= Cephalandra pubescens Sond.; Harv. & Sond Fl. Cap. 2: 493 (1862)
= Coccinia aostae Buscal. & Muschl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 499 (1913)
= Coccinia djurensis Schweinf. & Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 357 (1904)
= Coccinia hartmanniana Schweinf.; Reliq. Kotschy.: 42 (1868)
= Coccinia homblei Cogn.; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 5: 114 (1916)
= Coccinia jatrophifolia (A.Rich.) Cogn.; DC. & A. DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 538 (1881)
= Coccinia parvifolia Cogn.; Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 52: 433 (1907)
= Coccinia princeae Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 358 (1904)
= Coccinia pubescens (Sond.) Cogn. ex Harms; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 8: 491 (1923)
= Coccinia rigida Cogn.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 211 (1895)
= Coccinia roseiflora Suess.; Trans. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 43: 60 (1951)
= Coccinia subspicata Cogn.; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 5: 115 (1916)
= Momordica adoensis Hochst.; Flora 24: I. Intell. 22 (1841), et ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 293
variant :
var. aurantiaca (C.Jeffrey) Holstein; PhytoKeys 54: 67 (2015)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Coccinia aurantiaca C.Jeffrey; Kew Bull. 17: 169 (1963)
variant :
var. jeffreyana Holstein; PhytoKeys 54: 70 (2015)
Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania; Malawi
25 KEN TAN 26 MLW
species :
Coccinia barteri (Hook.f.) Keay; Kew Bull. 1953: 82 (1953)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; São Tomé; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; ?Burundi; ?South Sudan; Uganda; W-Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
22 BEN GHA GUI IVO NGA SIE TOG 23 BIO CAF CMN CON EQG GAB RWA SAO ZAI 25 TAN UGA 26 ANG MOZ ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Coccinia macrocarpa Cogn.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. v. 113 (1916)
= Cucurbita coccinea G.Don; Gen. Hist. 3: 41 (1834)
= Physedra barteri (Hook.f.) Cogn.; DC. Monogr. Phan. 3: 525 (1881)
= Physedra elegans Harms & Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 353 (1904)
= Staphylosyce barteri Hook.f.; Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. 1: 828 (1867)
species :
Coccinia fernandesiana C.Jeffrey; Kew Bull. 30(3): 478 (1975)
Distribution: SE-Tanzania; N-Mozambique
25 TAN 26 MOZ
species :
Coccinia gabonensis Keraudren; Adansonia, n. s. 8: 40 (1968)
Distribution: Gabon
23 GAB
Remarks: only known from the type collected in 1964
species :
Coccinia grandiflora Cogn. ex Engl.; Abhandl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. (1894) 34, et in Bot. Jahrb. 21: 211 (1895)
Distribution: SE-Kenya; E-Tanzania; Malawi; E-Zimbabwe; Mozambique
25 KEN TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Coccinia calantha Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 358 (1904)
= Coccinia engleri Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 354 (1904)
species :
Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt; H. Suburb. Calc. 59 (1845)
Name: Ivy gourd (EN)
Distribution: Egypt (Eastern Desert, SE-Egypt); Mauritania; Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Mali; Ivory Coast; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Central African Republic; E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Djibouti; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Mozambique; Mauritius [I]; Saudi Arabia (Hejaz, Asir); Oman (Dhofar); Yemen (Tihama, W-Yemen); China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan); Pakistan (Karachi, Sind, Baluchistan, Pakistani Punjab, Swat, Salt Range); Nepal; India (Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives] [I]; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar (Ayeyarwady, Kayin, Mandalay, Mon, Yangon); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; South China Sea Isl.; peninsular Malaysia (Penang, Perak, Selangor); Singapore [I]; Borneo [I]; Sulawesi; Philippines (Cebu); E-Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, Lombok, Flores, Timor); Moluccas; Moluccas (Weri); Australia (Northern Territory: Arnhem Land); Rotuma Isl. [I]; Fiji [I]; [Western] Samoa [I] (´Upolu [I]); American Samoa [I] (Tutuila [I]); Fed. States of Micronesia [I] (Pohnpei [I]); Hawaii [I] (Oahu [I], Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); USA [I] (Florida [I], Texas [I]); Nicaragua [I]; Cuba [I]; Virgin Isl. [I] (St. Croix [I], St. Thomas [I]); St. Lucia [I]; Grenada [I]; Barbados [I]; Colombia [I]; Guyana [I]
20 EGY 22 BEN GAM GNB IVO MLI MTN NGA NGR SEN 23 CAF CMN ZAI 24 CHA DJI ERI ETH SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MOZ 29 mau 35 OMA SAU YEM 36 CHI 40 BAN IND ldv NEP PAK SRL 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 bor JAW LSI MLY MOL PHI SCS sng SUL 50 AUS 60 asa fij rot sam 62 mic 63 haw 77 usa 78 usa 80 nic 81 bbd cub gre stl vir 82 clm guy
Synonyms: hidden
= Bryonia acerifolia D.Dietr.; Syn. Pl. 5: 367 (1852)
= Bryonia alceifolia Willd.; Ges. Naturf. Freunde, Neue Schr. 4: 223 (1803)
= Bryonia barbata Buch.-Ham. ex Cogn.; DC. Monogr. Phan. 3: 580 (1881)
= Bryonia glabra Roxb.; Hort. Beng. 104 (1814), nomen
= Bryonia grandis L.; Mantissa 1: 126 (1767)
= Bryonia moimoi Ser.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 3: 305 (1828)
= Bryonia sinuosa Wall.; Numer. List no. 6716 (1832), nomen
= Cephalandra grandis (L.) Kurz; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 46: 103 (1877)
= Cephalandra indica (Wight & Arn.) Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 5, 5: 16 (1866) nom. illeg.
= Cephalandra indica var. palmata C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India 2: 621 (1879)
= Cephalandra moghadd (Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.) Broun & R.L.Massey; Fl. Sudan: 105 (1929)
= Cephalandra schimperi (Naudin) Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 5: 16 (1866)
= Coccinia cordifolia var. alceifolia (Willd.) Cogn.; DC. & A. DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 531 (1881)
= Coccinia cordifolia var. wightiana (M.Roem.) Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. 3: 531 (1881)
= Coccinia grandis var. quinqueangularis Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(4): 673 (1856)
= Coccinia grandis var. wightiana (M.Roem.) Greb.; Mansf., Verz. Landwirtsch. Gärtn. Kulturpfl., ed. 2, 2: 929 (1986)
= Coccinia helenae Buscal. & Muschl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 498 (1913)
= Coccinia indica var. palmata Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 347 (1834)
= Coccinia indica Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 347 (1834)
= Coccinia loureiroana M.Roem.; Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 93 (1846)
= Coccinia moghadd (Forssk.) Aschers; Schweinf., Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 267 (1867)
= Coccinia moimoi (Ser.) M.Roem.; Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 93 (1846)
= Coccinia palmatisecta Kotschy; Sitzb. Acad. Wien, Math.-Nat. 51: 360, t. 4 (1865)
= Coccinia schimperi Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. IV. 8: 366 (1857)
= Coccinia wightiana M.Roem.; Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2 (Syn. Pepon.) 93 (1846)
= Cucumis pavel Kostel.; Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 2: 738 (1833)
= Cucumis sativus var. arakis Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 169 (1775)
= Cucurbita dioica Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 347 (1834)
= Cucurbita schimperiana Hochst. ex Cogn.; DC. & A. DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 532 (1881)
= Luffa moghadd (Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.) Peterm.; Pflanzenreich: 437 (1838-1845)
= Momordica bicolor Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 928 (1826)
= Momordica covei Dennst.; Schluess. Hort. Malab. 34 (1818)
= Momordica monadelpha Roxb.; Fl. Ind. ed. 1832. 3: 708 (1832)
= Physedra gracilis A.Chev.,; Hutch. & Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 1: 184 (1927)
= Turia moghadd Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt. Arab. 166 (1775)
= Turia moghadd Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.; Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis].: 403 (1791)
species :
Coccinia heterophylla (Hook.f.) Holstein; Kew Bull. 65(3): 440 (2011)
Distribution: trop. Africa
Synonyms: hidden
= Physedra heterophylla Hook.f.; Oliv., Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 553 (1871)
= Physedra heterophylla var. hookeri Hiern; Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 400 (1898)
species :
Coccinia hirtella Cogn.; Bull. Herb. Boiss. 4: 821 (1896)
Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho
27 LES SAF
species :
Coccinia intermedia Holstein; PhytoKeys 7: 28 (2011)
Distribution: Ivory Coast; Ghana; ?Togo; Benin
22 BEN GHA IVO
species :
Coccinia keayana R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 33: 191 (1959)
Distribution: Guinea-Bissau; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon
22 BEN GHA GNB IVO LBR NGA SIE 23 CMN
species :
Coccinia lalambensis Penz.; Atti Congr. Int. Bot. Genova 1892: 342 (1893)
Distribution: Eritrea
24 ERI
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Coccinia longicarpa Jongkind; Blumea 49(1): 83 (2004)
Distribution: Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana
22 GHA IVO LBR
species :
Coccinia longipetiolata Chiov.; Fl. Somala 2: 223 (1932)
Distribution: Somalia; ?Kenya
24 SOM
species :
Coccinia megarrhiza C.Jeffrey; Kew Bull. 15: 347 (1962)
Distribution: S-Ethiopia; NE-Kenya
24 ETH 25 KEN
species :
Coccinia microphylla Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 357 (1904)
Distribution: S-Kenya; N-Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Coccinia buikoensis Zimm.; Cucurbitac. 2: 177 (1922)
species :
Coccinia mildbraedii Gilg ex Harms; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 8: 492 (1923), descr.
Distribution: E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; ?Burundi; Uganda; Tanzania; Zambia
23 RWA ZAI 25 TAN UGA 26 ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Coccinia ulugurensis Harms; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 1091 (1934)
species :
Coccinia ogadensis Thulin; Kew Bull. 64(3): 485 (2009)
Distribution: SE-Ethiopia; N-Somalia
24 ETH SOM
species :
Coccinia palmata (E.Mey. ex Sond.) Cogn.; DC. Monogr. Phan. 3: 540 (1881)
Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]
27 SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Cephalandra mackenii (Naudin ex C.Huber) Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 5: 17 (1866)
= Cephalandra palmata E.Mey. ex Sond.; Harv. & Sond., Fl. Cap. 2: 493 (1862)
= Coccinia dinteri André; Rev. Hort. (Paris) 72: 276 (1900)
= Coccinia mackenii Naudin ex C.Huber; Nursery Cat. (Charles Huber Bros. and Co.) 1865(Cat. Print.): 5 (1865)
= Momordica palmata E.Mey.; Drège, Zwei Pfl. Docum. 202 (1843), nomen
species :
Coccinia pwaniensis Holstein; Kew Bull. "65(3): 435 (-438; fig. 1, map)" (2011)
Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
species :
Coccinia quinqueloba (Thunb.) Cogn.; DC. Monogr. Phan. 3: 533 (1881)
Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Bryonia quinqueloba Thunb.; Prod. Pl. Cap. 13 (1794)
= Cephalandra quinqueloba (Thunb.) Schrad. ex Eckl. & Zeyh.; Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. 280 (1834-1835)
= Melothria quinqueloba Eckl. & Zeyh. ex M.Roem.; Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2 (Syn. Pepon.) 99 (1846)
= Momordica quinqueloba (Thunb.) E.Mey.; Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Dokum.: 202 (1843)
species :
Coccinia racemiflora Keraudren; Adansonia, n. s. 8: 41 (1968)
Distribution: Gabon
23 GAB
species :
Coccinia rehmannii Cogn.; Bull. Herb. Boiss. 3: 418 (1895)
Distribution: SW-Angola; Zimbabwe; S-Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]
26 ANG MOZ ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Coccinia ovifera Dinter & Gilg; Dinter, Veg. Veldkamp Deutsch-Südw.-Afr. 16 (1912), et Fedde, Repert. 16: 168 (1919), nomen
= Coccinia rehmannii var. littoralis A.Meeuse; Bothalia 8: 104 (1962)
species :
Coccinia samburuensis Holstein; Kew Bull. "65(3): 438 (-440; fig. 2, map)" (2011)
Distribution: Kenya
25 KEN
species :
Coccinia schliebenii Harms; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 11: 685 (1932)
Distribution: South Sudan; Ethiopia; E-Tanzania; Mozambique
24 ETH SSU 25 TAN 26 MOZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Coccinia calophylla Harms; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, xii. 522 (1935)
species :
Coccinia senensis (Klotzsch) Cogn.; DC. Monogr. Phan. 3: 535 (1881)
Distribution: S-Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
26 MLW MOZ ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Cephalandra senensis Klotzsch; Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 151 (1861)
= Coccinia jatrophifolia var. australis Cogn.; Bol. Soc. Brot. 7: 228 (1889)
species :
Coccinia sessilifolia (Sond.) Cogn.; DC. Monogr. Phan. 3: 534 (1881)
Distribution: Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, N-Cape Prov.)
27 BOT NAM SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Bryonia lagenaria E.Mey.; Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Dokum.: 169 (1844)
= Cephalandra sessilifolia Sond.; Harv. & Sond., Fl. Cap. 2: 493 (1862)
= Coccinia schinzii Cogn. ex Schinz; Bull. Herb. Boiss. 3: 419 (1895)
= Coccinia sessilifolia var. major Cogn.; Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 30: 152 (1889)
variant :
var. variifolia (A.Meeuse) Holstein; PhytoKeys 54: 133 (2015)
Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Coccinia variifolia A.Meeuse; Bothalia 8: 100 (1962)
species :
Coccinia subglabra C.Jeffrey; Kew Bull. 30(3): 479 (1975)
Distribution: NE-Mozambique
26 MOZ
species :
Coccinia subhastata Keraudren; Fl. Cameroon 6: 131 (1967)
Distribution: Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 BIO CMN CON ZAI
species :
Coccinia subsessiliflora Cogn.; Bull. Jard Bot. Brux. 4: 225 (1914)
Distribution: Cameroon; Central African Republic; NE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; South Sudan; Uganda
23 BUR CAF CMN ZAI 24 SSU 25 UGA
species :
Coccinia trilobata (Cogn.) C.Jeffrey; Kew Bull. 15: 349 (1962)
Distribution: Kenya; N-Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Coccinia kilimandjarica Cogn. ex Harms; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 489 (1923)
= Coccinia kilimandjarica var. subintegrifolia Cogn. ex Harms; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 490 (1923)
= Hymenosicyos parviflorus Harms; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 8: 485 (1923)
= Peponia parviflora var. trilobata Cogn.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 210 (1895)
= Peponia trilobata (Cogn.) Engl.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C 399 (1895)
= Peponium parviflorum Engl.; Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl. fam. Nachtr. 1, 318 (1897)
= Peponium trilobatum (Cogn.) Engl.; Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. 1: 318 (1897)
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