Cucurbitaceae
Cyclanthera

Cyclanthera langaei Cogn.

First published in Diagn. Cucurb. Nouv. 2: 67 (1877)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Central America. It is a climber and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Monro, A.K., González, F., Santamaría, D., Chacón, O., Rodríguez, A., Solano, D. Zamora, N. & Correa, M. (2011). A first checklist to the vascular plants of La Amistad International Park (PILA), Costa Rica-Panama. Phytotaxa 322: 1-283.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • GBIF (2008-2020). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
  • Monro, A.K., González, F., Santamaría, D., Chacón, O., Rodríguez, A., Solano, D. Zamora, N. & Correa, M. (2011). A first checklist to the vascular plants of La Amistad International Park (PILA), Costa Rica-Panama. Phytotaxa 322: 1-283.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nee, M. [32173] Mexico K004421082 Yes
Breedlove, D.E. [15185] Mexico K004421108 Yes
Bourgeau [3049] Mexico K004421097 Yes
Palmer, E. [233] Mexico K004421092 Yes
Tenorio L, P.; Torres C, R.; Romero de T, C. [1567] Mexico K004421086 Yes
Bernoulli; Cario [2834] Mexico K004421101 Yes
Nee, M. [23274] Mexico K004421084 Yes
von Tuerckheim, H. [s.n.] Guatemala K004421089 Yes
Ton, A.M. [445] Mexico K004421106 Yes
Ton, A.M. [474] Mexico K004421107 Yes
Botteri [562] Mexico K004421096 Yes
Nee, M. [28833] Mexico K004421083 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [9930] Mexico K004421093 Yes
Martinez, E.S.; Soto N, J.C.C.; Silva R, G.; Ramamoorthy, T.P. [4810] Mexico K004421087 Yes
Laughlin, R.M. [510] Mexico K004421109 Yes
Nee, M.; Taylor, K.; Narave F, H. [26221] Mexico K004421085 Yes
Moreno, P.P. [15848] Nicaragua K004421104 Yes
Moreno, P.P. [18265] Nicaragua K004421103 Yes
Reveal, J.; Peterson, K.M.; Harley, R.M.; Broome, C.R. [4203] Mexico K004421099 Yes
Stevens, W.D.; Krukoff, B.A. [11405] Nicaragua K004421105 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [2930] Mexico K004421094 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [9893] Mexico K004421091 Yes
Boeke, J.D. [167] Guatemala K004421102 Yes
Balls, E.K.; Gourlay, W.B. [B5487] Mexico K004421095 Yes
Nee, M. [32199] Mexico K004421081 Yes
Martinez, E.S.; Soto N, J.C.C.; Silva R, G. [4944] Mexico K004421088 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [s.n.] Mexico K004421100 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [401] Mexico K004421098 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [1550] Mexico K004421090 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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.
    • 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 2026. 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 2026. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images