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Cucurbitaceae Lagenaria sphaerica | Taxonomy | Flora of the World

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Taxon

Lagenaria sphaerica (Sond.) E.Mey.

Protologue Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Docum. (Drège) 197.BHL IPNI

AcceptedGBIF

Predicted not threatened

Lagenaria sphaerica (Sond.) E.Mey. belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Lagenaria sphaerica, RGereau6822--Tanz. Mzelezi For. Res. Mahenge-Sali. 14 Feb 06. 150.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gereau, R 6822

February 13, 2006

Location

Tanzania, Morogoro, Ulanga

-8.619167, 36.725556

Location Remarks

Vigoi Division, Isogo Ward. Behind Chikuti Village store, along road to Ifakara. 530 m elev.

Collectors

Roy E. Gereau, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Cucurbitales

Family

Cucurbitaceae

Genus

Lagenaria

Specific Epithet

sphaerica

Authorship

(Sond.) E.Mey.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.7

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.3

Global rank

#168,862 of 335,497

Top 51%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →