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Luffa aegyptiaca

Taxonomy ID: 3670 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:3670)
current name
Luffa aegyptiaca  Mill., 1768
Genbank common name: smooth loofah
NCBI BLAST name: eudicots
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Mitochondrial genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Other names:
heterotypic synonym Luffa cylindrica M.Roem., 1768
common name(s) vegetable sponge, sponge gourd, dishcloth gourd, loofa

Lineage(full)
cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Mesangiospermae; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; rosids; fabids; Cucurbitales; Cucurbitaceae; Sicyoeae; Luffa

Comments and References:

image:Luffa aegyptiaca
Image by Tomas Nevado from Wikimedia Commons under a CC BY-SA license.
* Image may not have been verified for accuracy by NCBI Taxonomy.
TROPICOS (Oct 18, 2016)
Name accessed on 18 October 2016 in: Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, 2008 - 4344 Shaw Boulevard, Saint Louis, Missouri 63110, U.S.A. on line at: http://www.tropicos.org/
GRIN (Oct 18, 2016)
Name accessed on 18 October 2016 in: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
FNA - Cucurbitaceae
Nesom GL. 2015. Cucurbitaceae Jussieu. In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (Eds.) Flora of North America North of Mexico, Volume 6: Magnoliophyta: Cucurbitaceae to Droseraceae. Online version.

External Information Resources (NCBI LinkOut)

LinkOut Subject LinkOut Provider
Luffa aegyptiaca P. Mill. taxonomy/phylogenetic Encyclopedia of life
Show Biotic Interactions taxonomy/phylogenetic Global Biotic Interactions
Luffa aegyptiaca P. Mill. taxonomy/phylogenetic Integrated Taxonomic Information System
Luffa aegyptiaca taxonomy/phylogenetic PLANTS Database (USDA/NRCS)
Luffa aegyptiaca (Mill.) herbarium/museum collections PlantaeDB, University of Bucharest
Luffa cylindrica taxonomy/phylogenetic Plants of the World Online
Luffa aegyptiaca taxonomy/phylogenetic Plants of the World Online
Luffa cylindrica taxonomy/phylogenetic The International Plant Names Index
Luffa aegyptiaca taxonomy/phylogenetic The International Plant Names Index
Luffa aegyptiaca Mill. taxonomy/phylogenetic USDA-ARS GRIN Taxonomy
Luffa cylindrica M. Roem. taxonomy/phylogenetic USDA-ARS GRIN Taxonomy
search W3TROPICOS taxonomy/phylogenetic Vascular Tropicos
WebScipio: Luffa aegyptiaca organism-specific WebScipio - eukaryotic gene identification
diArk: Luffa aegyptiaca organism-specific diArk - a resource for eukaryotic genome research
Wikipedia taxonomy/phylogenetic iPhylo
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Reference: How to cite this resource - Schoch CL, et al. NCBI Taxonomy: a comprehensive update on curation, resources and tools. Database (Oxford). 2020: baaa062. PubMed: 32761142 PMC: PMC7408187.


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