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Details for: PI 55792,
Melothria sphaerocarpa
(Cogn.) H. Schaef. & S. S. Renner, Kiffy
Summary
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Melothria sphaerocarpa
(Cogn.) H. Schaef. & S. S. Renner
Top Name:
Kiffy
Origin:
Collected – Sierra Leone
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
25 Sep 1922
PI Assigned:
1922
Inventory Volume:
72
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Melothria sphaerocarpa
(Cogn.) H. Schaef. & S. S. Renner
Top Name:
Kiffy
Origin:
Collected – Sierra Leone
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
25 Sep 1922
PI Assigned:
1922
Source History
Collected
Sierra Leone
Collector(s):
Martin, W.N.
Accession Names and Identifiers
Kiffy
Type: Local name
Narrative
Melothria sphaerocarpa
(Cogn.) H. Schaef. & S. S. Renner
Genus:
Melothria
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
463029
Place of publication:
Taxon 60:134. 2011
Verified:
04/28/2011
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Posadaea sphaerocarpa
Cogn.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cladosicyos edulis
Hook. f.
Cucumeropsis edulis
(Hook. f.) Cogn.
Cucumeropsis mannii
Naudin
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
dark egusi
as
Cucumeropsis mannii
1
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Note:
as
Cucumeropsis mannii
English
egusi-itoo
as
Cucumeropsis mannii
1
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Note:
as
Cucumeropsis mannii
English
white-seed-melon
as
Cucumeropsis mannii
1
Whitake, T. W.
1990. Cucurbits of potential economic importance. In: Bates, D. M. et al., Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 321.
Note:
as
Cucumeropsis mannii
French
égousi
as
Cucumeropsis mannii
2
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Note:
as
Cucumeropsis mannii
French
egousi-itoo
as
Cucumeropsis mannii
2
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Note:
as
Cucumeropsis mannii
French
gousi
as
Cucumeropsis mannii
2
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Note:
as
Cucumeropsis mannii
Portuguese
lipupu
as
Cucumeropsis mannii
2
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Note:
as
Cucumeropsis mannii
Name
References
Annotations
Nomenclature Name Change:
28 Apr 2011, from
Cucumeropsis mannii
Naudin to
Melothria sphaerocarpa
(Cogn.) H. Schaef. & S. S. Renner
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