Benincasa Savi
Distribution
Native to:
Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Pakistan, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sulawesi
Introduced into:
Afghanistan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cook Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Ghana, Kenya, Korea, Laos, Marianas, Marquesas, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Society Is., Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Camolenga Post & Kuntze in Lex. Gen. Phan. 1: 95 (1903)
- Praecitrullus Pangalo in Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 29: 203 (1944)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0