Cucurbitaceae
Trichosanthes

Trichosanthes costata Blume

First published in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 933 (1826)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Indian Subcontinent to S. China and Malesia. It is a climber and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Lê, T.C. (2003). Danh lục các loài thực vật Việt Nam 2: 1-1203. Hà Nội : Nhà xuất bản Nông nghiệp.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Rebnner, S.S. & Pandey, A.K. (2013). The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequences. PhytoKeys 20: 53-118.
  • de Boer, H.J. & Thulin, M. (2012). Synopsis of Trichosanthes (Cucurbitaceae) based on recent molecular phylogenetic data. PhytoKeys 12: 23-33.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Hara, H., Stearn, W.T. & Williams, H.J. (1979). An Enumeration of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 2: 1-220. Trustees of British Museum, London.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Rebnner, S.S. & Pandey, A.K. (2013). The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequences. PhytoKeys 20: 53-118.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2011). Flora of China 19: 1-884. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 2008 Cuming, H. [1916] Philippines Gymnopetalum chinense K001044650 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 1, 2008 Cuming, H. [1916] Philippines Gymnopetalum chinense K000742650 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 1, 2008 Horsfield, T. [s.n.] Gymnopetalum chinense K000742654 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 1, 2008 Horsfield, T. [s.n.] Gymnopetalum chinense K000742653 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 1, 2008 s.coll. [s.n.] Gymnopetalum chinense K000742655 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 1, 2008 Squires, R.W. [943] Gymnopetalum chinense K000742652 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Postar et al. [SAN 144095] Malaysia Gymnopetalum chinense K000517520 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Gymnopetalum chinense K000742656 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kurz, S. [s.n.] Gymnopetalum chinense K000742657 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6695] Trichosanthes tatoa K001124559 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6695] Trichosanthes tatoa K001124558 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nguyen, V.D.; Phuong, V.X.; Boumanivong, S.; Vongsoukhun [L-V 325] Laos Gymnopetalum cochinchinense K001590013 Yes
[Griffith] [1969] India Euonymus chinensis K000669176 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0