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Taxon: Cayaponia tayuya (Vell.) Cogn.

Genus: Cayaponia
Family: Cucurbitaceae subfamily: Cucurbitoideae tribe: Cucurbiteae.
Nomen number: 402742
Place of publication: A. L. P. P. de Candolle & A. C. de Candolle, Monogr. phan. 3:772. 1881
Name verified on: 12-Sep-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 03-Aug-2004
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

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Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native:
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Brazil: Brazil - Bahia, Federal District, Goias, Minas Gerais, Piaui, Rio de Janeiro
    Western South America: Bolivia - La Paz, Santa Cruz; Ecuador - Morona-Santiago; Peru - Cuzco

References:

  • American Herbal Products Association. 1992. Herbs of commerce. (Herbs Commerce)
  • Jeffrey, C. 1971. Further notes on Cucurbitaceae: II. Kew Bull. 25:225–226.
  • Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75. (L Ecuador)
  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
  • Vásquez M., R. et al. 2002. Adiciones a la Flora Peruana: especies nuevas, nuevos registros y estados taxonómicos de las Angiospermas para el Perú. Arnaldoa 9(2):69.
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Check other databases for Cayaponia tayuya (Vell.) Cogn.:

  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?402742 (09 February 2010)

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