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Genus: Coccinia
Life
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Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants)
> Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid I
> Order: Cucurbitales > Family: Cucurbitaceae
About 30 species,
29 of which are only found in Africa, and one with a wider distribution in
the Old World. Seven species are indigenous to southern Africa.
Publications
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Jeffrey, C. 1978. Cucurbitaceae. Flora
Zambesiaca 4: 414-499.
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Meeuse, A.D.J. 1962. The Cucurbitaceae of
southern Africa. Bothalia 8: 1-111.
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