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Internal ID UUID643ff69c2be13921212744
Scientific name Oreosyce africana
Authority Hook.f.
First published in Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 548 (1871)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Oreosyce triangularis Cogn. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 207 (1895)
Oreosyce villosa Cogn. Pflanzenr. , IV, 275 I: 68 (1916)
Oreosyce parvifolia Cogn. Pflanzenr. , IV, 275 I: 268 (1916)
Oreosyce holstii Cogn. ex Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas , A: 107 (1895)
Oreosyce bequaertii De Wild. Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 9(Suppl. Bot.): 90 (1921)
Cucumis oreosyce H.Schaef. Blumea 51: 171 (2007)
Cucumis cecilii N.E.Br. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906: 104 (1906)
Cucumis membranifolius Hook.f. Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 545 (1871)
Cucumis parvifolius Cogn. ex Scott Elliot J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 29: 19 (1891)
Cucumis subsericeus Hook.f. Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 545 (1871)
Hymenosicyos bequaertii Harms Pflanzenr. , IV, 275 II: 159 (1924)
Hymenosicyos triangularis Harms Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 487 (1923)
Hymenosicyos villosus Harms Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 487 (1923)
Peponium parviflorum Engl. Nat. Pflanzenfam. , Nachtr. 1: 318 (1897)
Hymenosicyos parviflorus Harms Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 485 (1923)
Hymenosicyos membranifolius Chiov. Ann. Bot. (Rome) 9: 63 (1911)
Peponia parviflora Cogn. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 209 (1895)
Hymenosicyos subsericeus Harms Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 487 (1923)
Oreosyce subsericea (Hook.f.) A.Meeuse Bothalia 8: 22 (1962)

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Northern Provinces
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000383501
Tropicos 9200398
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:293627-1
The Plant List kew-2387245
IPNI 293627-1
GBIF 4939929
USDA GRIN 418891
Wikipedia Oreosyce_africana

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