Coccinia

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Cucurbitales

Familia: Cucurbitaceae
Tribus: Benincaseae
Genus: Coccinia
Species: C. abyssinica – C. adoensis – C. barteri – C. grandiflora – C. grandis – C. heterophylla – C. hirtella – C. intermedia – C. keayana – C. longicarpa – C. longipetiolata – C. mackenii – C. megarrhiza – C. microphylla – C. mildbraedii – C. ogadensis – C. pwaniensis – C. quinqueloba – C. racemiflora – C. rehmannii – C. samburuensis – C. schliebenii – C. senensis – C. sessilifolia – C. subsessiliflora – C. trilobata
Source(s) of checklist:

Holstein, N. 2015. Monograph of Coccinia (Cucurbitaceae). PhytoKeys 54: 1–166 DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.54.3285 Open access Reference page.

Name

Coccinia Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 347 (1834)

Type species: C. indica Wight & Arn., nom. illeg. = Coccinia grandis

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Cephalandra Schrad. Enum. Pl. Afr. Austral. 2: 280. (1836)
Physedra Hook. f. Gen. Pl. 1: 827. (1867)
Staphylosyce Hook. f. Gen. Pl. 1: 828. (1867)

References

Wight, R. & Arnott, G.A.W. 1834. Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis 1: 347–348.
Holstein, N. 2015. Monograph of Coccinia (Cucurbitaceae). PhytoKeys 54: 1–166 DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.54.3285 Open access Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Coccinia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec. 23. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Coccinia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Aug 2014.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Coccinia. Published online. Accessed: Aug 26 2014.

Vernacular names
English: Scarlet Gourds
svenska: Scharlakansgurkssläktet
తెలుగు: కాక్సీనియా
中文: 红瓜属

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Cucurbitales

Familia: Cucurbitaceae
Tribus: Benincaseae
Genus: Coccinia
Species: C. abyssinica – C. adoensis – C. barteri – C. grandiflora – C. grandis – C. heterophylla – C. hirtella – C. intermedia – C. keayana – C. longicarpa – C. longipetiolata – C. mackenii – C. megarrhiza – C. microphylla – C. mildbraedii – C. ogadensis – C. pwaniensis – C. quinqueloba – C. racemiflora – C. rehmannii – C. samburuensis – C. schliebenii – C. senensis – C. sessilifolia – C. subsessiliflora – C. trilobata
Source(s) of checklist:

Holstein, N. 2015. Monograph of Coccinia (Cucurbitaceae). PhytoKeys 54: 1–166 DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.54.3285 Open access Reference page.

Name

Coccinia Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 347 (1834)

Type species: C. indica Wight & Arn., nom. illeg. = Coccinia grandis

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Cephalandra Schrad. Enum. Pl. Afr. Austral. 2: 280. (1836)
Physedra Hook. f. Gen. Pl. 1: 827. (1867)
Staphylosyce Hook. f. Gen. Pl. 1: 828. (1867)

References

Wight, R. & Arnott, G.A.W. 1834. Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis 1: 347–348.
Holstein, N. 2015. Monograph of Coccinia (Cucurbitaceae). PhytoKeys 54: 1–166 DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.54.3285 Open access Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Coccinia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec. 23. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Coccinia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Aug 2014.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Coccinia. Published online. Accessed: Aug 26 2014.

Vernacular names
English: Scarlet Gourds
svenska: Scharlakansgurkssläktet
తెలుగు: కాక్సీనియా
中文: 红瓜属

References

Holstein, N., and S. S. Renner. 2011. A dated phylogeny and collection records reveal repeated biome shifts in the African genus Coccinia (Cucurbitaceae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 28. online
Holstein, N. 2015. Monograph of Coccinia (Cucurbitaceae). PhytoKeys 54: 1-166, doi:10.3897/phytokeys.54.3285