Amphitecna latifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Amphitecna latifolia (Mill.) A.H.Gentry, Taxon 25: 108 (1976).

Basionym
- Crescentia latifolia Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.° 2 (1768).
Homotypic
- Crescentia cucurbitina L., Mant. Pl. 2: 250 (1771), nom. superfl.
- Enallagma cucurbitina (L.) Baill. ex K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl (eds.), Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 247 (1895).
- Enallagma latifolia (Mill.) Small, Fl. Miami: 171 (1913).
- Dendrosicus latifolius (Mill.) A.H.Gentry, Taxon 22: 638 (1973).
Heterotypic
- Crescentia ovata Burm.f., Fl. Indica: 132 (1768), {NN}}
- Crescentia cucurbitifera Houtt., Nat. Hist. 2(3): 118 (1774).
- Crescentia lethifera Tussac, Fl. Antill. 4: 50 (1827).
- Crescentia toxicaria Tussac, Fl. Antill. 4: 50 (1827), nom. illeg.
- Dendrosicus saxatilis Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 80 (1838).
- Crescentia obovata Benth., Bot. Voy. Sulphur: 130 (1844, publ. 1845).
  - Enallagma obovata (Benth.) Baill. ex K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl (eds.), Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 247 (1895).
  - Amphitecna obovata (Benth.) L.O.Williams, Fieldiana, Bot. 36(4): 25 (1973).
- Crescentia palustris Forsyth ex Seem., Bot. Voy. Herald: 183 (1854).
- Crescentia coriacea Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 177 (1868).
- Crescentia elongata Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 178 (1868).
- Crescentia cuspidata Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 178 (1868).
- Crescentia cucurbitina var. heterophylla Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 479 (1891).

Native distribution areas:

Amphitecna latifolia

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Florida.
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Southwest (Oaxaca), Mexico Southeast (Campeche, Chiapas, Tabasco, Yucatán, Yucatán).
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Windward Islands.
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Venezuela.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Colombia, Ecuador.

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International Plant Names Index. 2019. Amphitecna latifolia. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 29 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Amphitecna latifolia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 29.
Tropicos.org 2019. Amphitecna latifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Apr. 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Amphitecna latifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

English: black calabash
español: Higuerillo, Higüerito