Blastania

Life-forms

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: Blastania
Species: B. cerasiformis – B. garcini – B. lucorum
Name

Blastania Kotschy & Peyr., Pl. Tinn. 15. t. 7 (1865-66). (1867)

Type species: Blastania garcinii (Burm.f.) Cogn., Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 629 (1881)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Ctenolepis Hook.f., Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 1(3): 832. (1867)
Ctenopsis Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 5, 6: 12. (1866), nom. illeg.
Zombitsia Keraudren, Adansonia sér. 2, 3: 167. (1963)

References

Kotschy, C.G.T. & Peyritsch, J.T. 1865-66. Plantae tinneanae...Vindobonae [Wien] 15. t. 7.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Blastania in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec. 28. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Blastania. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 28 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Blastania. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Dec. 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Blastania in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Blastania is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.[1]

Its native range is Tropical and Southen Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula, Indian subcontinent.[1]

Species:[1]

Blastania cerasiformis (Stocks) A.Meeuse
Blastania garcinii (Burm.f.) Cogn.
Blastania lucorum (Keraudren) H.Schaef.

References

"Blastania Kotschy & Peyr. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 March 2021.