Cucurbitaceae
Gurania

Gurania spruceana Cogn.

First published in Diagn. Cucurb. Nouv. 1: 36 (1876)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Venezuela to N. Brazil. It is a climber and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North, Venezuela

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.

Kew Backbone Distributions

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

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Spruce, R. [3189], Brazil K000035632 syntype Yes
Spruce, R. [1493], Brazil K000035633 syntype Yes
Spruce, R. [1493], Brazil K000035634 No
Anderson, W.R. [10829], Brazil K001192093 Yes
Mori, S. [21240], Brazil K001192090 Yes
Prance, G.T. [24420], Brazil K001192092 Yes
Anderson, W.R. [10829], Brazil K001192094 Yes
Mori, S. [20368], Brazil K001192091 Yes

Sources

  • 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 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

  • 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