A new Australian species of Luffa (Cucurbitaceae) and typification of two Australian Cucumis names, all based on specimens collected by Ferdinand Mueller in 1856

As a result of his botanical explorations in northern Australia, Ferdinand von Mueller named several Cucurbitaceae that molecular data now show to be distinct, requiring their resurrection from unjustified synonymy. We here describe and illustrate Luffa saccata F. Muell. ex I.Telford, validating a m...

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Published in:PhytoKeys 2011-07, Vol.5 (5), p.21-29
Main Authors: Telford, Ian R H, Schaefer, Hanno, Greuter, Werner, Renner, Susanne S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Australia
Classification
Cucumis
Cucumis jucundus
Cucumis melo
Cucumis picrocarpus
Cucurbitaceae
Ferdinand Mueller
Identification and classification
Lectotypes
lectotypification
Luffa
Luffa saccata
melon
Physiological aspects
Sibling species
Synonymy
Types
wild relatives
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Summary:As a result of his botanical explorations in northern Australia, Ferdinand von Mueller named several Cucurbitaceae that molecular data now show to be distinct, requiring their resurrection from unjustified synonymy. We here describe and illustrate Luffa saccata F. Muell. ex I.Telford, validating a manuscript name listed under Luffa graveolens Roxb. since 1859, and we lectotypify Cucumis picrocarpus F. Muell. and Cucumis jucundus F. Muell. The lectotype of the name Cucumis jucundus, a synonym of Cucumis melo, is mounted on the same sheet as the lectotype of Cucumis picrocarpus, which is the sister species of the cultivated Cucumis melo as shown in a recent publication.
ISSN:1314-2011
1314-2003
1314-2003
DOI:10.3897/phytokeys.5.1395