Contains 1 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Trichosanthes L.
SNAKE GOURD
Classification
CUCURBITALES
Trichosanthes
Citation
TRICHOSANTHES Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1008. 1753.
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TYPE: Trichosanthes anguina Linnaeus Lectotypified by M. L. Green, Prop. Brit. Bot. 190. 1929.
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Trichosanthes cucumerina SNAKEGOURD Not Native
[Family identification key]

No identification key is available for this family.

Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Anguina Anguina Miller, Fig. Pl. 21. 1755. TYPE: = Trichosanthes Linnaeus 1753.
Cucumeroides Cucumeroides Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 485. 1791. TYPE: Non designatus.
Eopepon Eopepon Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., ser. 5. 5: 31. 1866. TYPE: Eopepon vitifolius Naudin
Gymnopetalum Gymnopetalum Arnott, in Wight, Madras J. Lit. Sci. 11: 52. 1840. TYPE: Gymnopetalum tubiflorum (Wight & Arnott) Cogniaux 1881. (Bryonia tubiflora Wight & Arnott 1834.) Lectotypified by Pfeiffer, Nomencl. Bot. 1: 1526. 1874.
Involucraria Involucraria Seringe, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 3(1): 27, t. 5. 1825. TYPE: Involucraria wallichiana Seringe
Platygonia Platygonia Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., ser. 5. 5: 31, t. 5. 1866. TYPE: Platygonia kaempferi Naudin, nom. illegit. (Bryonia cucumeroides Seringe)