Siraitia

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: Siraitieae
Genus: Siraitia
Species: S. africana – S. grosvenorii – S. siamensis – S. sikkimensis
Name

Siraitia Merr. Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 19: 200. (1934)

Type species: Non designatus Siraitia silomaradjae Merr. (1934) = Siraitia siamensis var. silomaradjae (Merr.) W. J. de Wilde & Duyfjes (2006)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Neoluffa Chakravarty J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 50: 895. (1952)
Microlagenaria (C. Jeffrey) A.M. Lu & J.Q. Li Acta Phytotax. Sin. 31(1): 52. (1993)

References

Merrill, E.D. 1934. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 19: 200.
Schaefer, H. & Renner, S.S. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships in the order Cucurbitales and a new classification of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae). Taxon 60(1): 122–138. DOI: 10.1002/tax.601011 JSTOR PDF. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Siraitia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Dec. 26. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Siraitia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Aug 26.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Siraitia. Published online. Accessed: Aug 26 2014.

Vernacular names
中文: 羅漢果屬

Siraitia is a genus of plants from the family Cucurbitaceae. The following species have been assigned to it, at various times:[1]

Siraitia africana, see Microlagenaria africana[2]
Siraitia borneensis, see Baijiania borneensis[3]
Siraitia grosvenorii (luo han guo, monk's fruit), from China and Thailand[4]
Siraitia siamensis, from Thailand[5]
Siraitia sikkimensis, from India[6]
Siraitia silomaradjae, from India[7]
Siraitia taiwaniana, from Taiwan, see Sinobaijiania taiwaniana[8]

References

Siraitia at The Plant List database. Accessed on 2014-09-20.
Siraitia africana at The Plant List database. Accessed on 2014-09-20.
Siraitia borneensis at The Plant List database. Accessed on 2014-09-20.
Siraitia grosvenorii at The Plant List database. Accessed on 2014-09-20.
Siraitia siamensis at The Plant List database. Accessed on 2014-09-20.
Siraitia sikkimensis at The Plant List database. Accessed on 2014-09-20.
Siraitia silomaradjae at The Plant List database. Accessed on 2014-09-20.
Siraitia taiwaniana at The Plant List database. Accessed on 2014-09-20.