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Luffa cylindrica

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q17465532
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Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[1]
  • Parent taxon: Luffa[2]
  • Taxon name: Luffa cylindrica[3]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[4]
  • Commons category: Luffa aegyptiaca[5]
  • Has basionym: Momordica luffa[6]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/c87068b8-7db7-49bf-b33e-eb51ffbe6345[7], https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e[8], https://www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4[9]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 73(1)[10]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=22790[11]
  • Short name: L. cylindrica[12]
  • Taxon common name: 絲瓜[13], 丝瓜[14]
  • Taxon range: Beijing[15], Angola[16], Myanmar[17], Gabon[18]
  • Taxon synonym of: Luffa aegyptiaca[19]

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Identifiers

Luffa cylindrica's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 283069[20]. Luffa cylindrica's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2874600[21]. Luffa cylindrica's ITIS TSN is recorded as 22388[22].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [22] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [21] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 73(1). wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . A plant species list dataset for urban area of Beijing, China 2007 – 2020. wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has basionym → Momordica luffa
    Taxon common name → 絲瓜, 丝瓜, 丝瓜
    Ebiodiversity id → 322959
    Indian medicinal plants database id → 42a309fa9378a8bdc2426fa5e4ddf16f
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