Parmentiera aculeata

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Bignoniaceae
Tribus: Crescentieae
Genus: Parmentiera
Species: Parmentiera aculeata
Name

Parmentiera aculeata (Kunth) Seem., 1854
Synonyms

Basionym
Crescentia aculeata Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 3: 158 (1818 publ. 1819).
Heterotypic
Crescentia edulis Desv., J. Bot. Agric. 4: 113 (1814).
Parmentiera edulis DC., Biblioth. Universelle Genève, n.s., 17: 135 (1838).
Crescentia musicarpa Zaldivar ex C.Heller, Reis. Mexico: 414 (1853), not validly publ.
Parmentiera foliolosa Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 166 (1868).
Parmentiera lanceolata Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 167 (1868), nom. illeg.
Crescentia edulis Sessé & Moc., Pl. Nov. Hisp.: 95 (1889), nom. illeg.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
Regional: Central America
Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
Continental: Northern America
Regional: Mexico
Mexico (Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Seemann, B.C. (1854) Botany of the Voyage of H.M.S. Herald, under the Command of Captian Henry Kellett, R.N., C.B., during the years 1845-1851. London 183.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Parmentiera aculeata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 29. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Parmentiera aculeata in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Parmentiera aculeata. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 29 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Parmentiera aculeata in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 29.
Tropicos.org 2019. Parmentiera aculeata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Apr. 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Parmentiera aculeata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
español: cuajilote, huachilote, turi, cacao de mono, jilote de árbol, pepino kat