Posadaea sphaerocarpa Cogn.

First published in Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belgique, sér. 2, 20: 477 (1890)
This name is a synonym of Melothria sphaerocarpa

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Schaefer, H. & Renner, S.S. (2010). A gift from the New World? The West African crop Cucumeropsis mannii and the American Posadaea sphaerocarpa (Cucurbitaceae) are the same species. Systematic Botany 35: 534-540. [Cited as Cucumeropsis mannii.]
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (eds.) (2021). Flore du Gabon 57: 1-173. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. [Cited as Melothria sphaerocarpa.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela. [Cited as Posadaea sphaerocarpa.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • 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/
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