Actinostemma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cucurbitales
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: Actinostemmateae
Genus: Actinostemma
Species: A. biglandulosum – A. lobatum – A. paniculatum – A. tenerum

Name

Actinostemma Griff., Account Bot. Coll. Cantor 24. (1841)

• Type species: Actinostemma tenerum Griff., Account Bot. Coll. Cantor 25 (t. 3). (1845) et J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 23: 643. (1854)
  

Note: Generic and species circumscription has little agreement across secondary sources - see below. This is a view of Actinostemma s.l. inc. Bolbostemma sensu Hassler (2021)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Mitrosicyos Maxim. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 9: 112. (1859)
  • Pomasterion Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 80. (1865)
  • Bolbostemma Franquet, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Ser. 2 2: 325, in obs. (1930) Uncertain synonymy see Govaerts et al. (2021).

References

• Griffith, W. 1841. Some account of the botanical collection, brought from the eastward by Dr. Cantor 24.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Actinostemma in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Aug. 3. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Actinostemma. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 July 9. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2014. Actinostemma. Published online. Accessed: Aug 26 2014.
• Tropicos.org 2014. Actinostemma. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Aug 2014.