Crescentia cujete

Crescentia cujete

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Bignoniaceae
Tribus: Crescentieae
Genus: Crescentia
Species: Crescentia cujete

Name

Crescentia cujete L. Sp. Pl. 2: 626 (1753).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Crescentia acuminata Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 3: 57 (1818 publ. 1819).
  • Crescentia arborea Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 81 (1838).
  • Crescentia latifolia Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 81 (1838), nom. illeg.
  • Crescentia pumila Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 81 (1838).
  • Crescentia cuneifolia Gardner, J. Bot. (Hooker) 2: 422 (1840).
  • Crescentia angustifolia Willd. ex Seem., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 23: 20 (1860), pro syn.
  • Crescentia fasciculata Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 171 (1868).
  • Crescentia plectantha Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 170 (1868).
  • Crescentia spathulata Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 173 (1868).
  • Crescentia cujete var. puberula Bureau & K.Schum. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 8(2): 403 (1897).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Bahamas, Cayman Isl., Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (Guana, Jost van Dyke, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Nevis, Saba, St. Barthelemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent), Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Isla Margarita, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Atlntico, Bolvar, Boyac, Casanare, Cesar, Choc, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Nario, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindo, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle), Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Aragua, Bolivar, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Yaracuy, Zulia) Continental: Northern America Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 626. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Crescentia cujete. 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 Apr. 29. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Crescentia cujete in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Crescentia cujete. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 29 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Crescentia cujete in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 29.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Crescentia cujete. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Apr. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Crescentia cujete in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

bamanankan: Filenjiri
Deutsch: Kalebassenbaum
eʋegbe: Etréti
English: Calabash
español: Guïra
suomi: Kulhokalebassipuu
français: Calebassier
മലയാളം: കമണ്ഡലു മരം
português: Calabaça
Türkçe: Kalabaş ağacı
Tiếng Việt: Đào tiên

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