Coccinia Wight & Arn.

First published in Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 347 (1834)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa, Tropical & Subtropical Asia to SW. Pacific.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Brazil Southeast, Caroline Is., Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Guyana, Hawaii, Leeward Is., Marianas, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Samoa, Suriname, Taiwan, Texas, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Wake I., Western Australia, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Holstein, N. (2015). Monograph of Coccinia (Cucurbitaceae). PhytoKeys 54: 1-166.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —Cogn. in DC. Monogr. 3: 528.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Prodr. Pl. Ind. Or.: 347 (1834).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by C. Jeffrey & M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Prodr. Pl. Ind. Or.: 347 (1834)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 8, 2008 South Africa K000542638 Type Yes
Dec 8, 2008 South Africa K000542637 Syntype Yes
Aug 10, 2006 Gossweiler, J. [9878] Angola K001307857 Yes
Nov 1, 2003 Ghogue, J.-P. [1046] Cameroon K000198647 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1078] Kenya K004345919 Yes
Punch, C. [[46]] Nigeria K004345470 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [883] Zambia K004346638 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1078] Kenya K:SPC-06500.000 No
Wild, H. [40096] Zimbabwe K:SPC-01698.000 No
Carvalho, M.F.; Fernandez Casas, J. [11990(9)] Equatorial Guinea K004345553 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [1620] Zambia K004346639 Yes
Carvalho, M.F.; Fernandez Casas, J. [3226-1] Equatorial Guinea K004345552 Yes
[Burker] [s.n.] South Africa K004346943 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [3795] Sierra Leone K004345467 Yes
de Wilde, J.J.F.E. [4793] Ethiopia K004345783 Yes
Richards, H.M. [24817] K:SPC-37804.000 No
Luke, Q.; Bokara, D.; Hastings, Z.; Mebulo, I.; Miller, S.; Rivas, J. [13568] Equatorial Guinea K001560096 Yes
Kayombo, C.J. [335] Tanzania K001589125 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3407] Tanzania K:SPC-18785.000 No
Carvalho, M.F.; Fernandez Casas, J. [3497-10] Equatorial Guinea K004345554 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [13820] Kenya K:SPC-01702.000 No
Charter, J.R. [FHI38635] Nigeria K004345469 Yes
Breteler, F.J.; de Wilde, J.J.F.E. [637] Gabon K004345546 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1078] Kenya K004345918 Yes
Ebba, T. [622] Ethiopia K004345784 Yes
Ash, J. [804] Ethiopia K:SPC-37866.000 No
Newbould, J.G.B. [3233] Kenya K004345879 Yes
Tamajong, S. [FHI16938] Nigeria K004345471 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J. [74/948] Kenya K004345881 Yes
Burger, W. [2947A] Ethiopia K004345785 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3953] Kenya K004345917 Yes
Menyhart [930[6]] Mozambique K004346644 Yes
Bally, P.R.O.; Smith, A.R. [B14963] Kenya K:SPC-34608.000 No
Magogo, F.; Glover, P. [315] Kenya K004345914 Yes
Godding, H.C. [155] Somalia K004345786 Yes
Carter, S. [868] Somalia K004345787 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3953] Kenya K004345916 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J. [74/948] Kenya K004345880 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [13826] Kenya K:SPC-01692.000 No
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI42046] Nigeria K004345468 Yes
Ash, J. [814] Ethiopia K:SPC-37864.000 No
Merello, M.; Harder, D.K.; Welsing, A.; Amponsah, J.; Gyeke, D.; Amoako, C. [1179] Ghana K004345472 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2783] Tanzania K:SPC-05139.000 No
Magogo, F.; Glover, P. [493] Kenya K004345915 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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