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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Luffa
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Luffa
Genus recognized by Egypt Species List, wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia RO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, Angola Species List, Australia Species List, Belize Species List, Benin Species List, Bolivia Species List, Brazil Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Burundi Species List, Cameroon Species List, Central African Republic Species List, China Species List, Colombia Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Ecuador Species List, El Salvador Species List, Equatorial Guinea Species List, Ethiopia Species List, Federated States of Micronesia Species List, French Guiana Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Gabon Species List, Ghana Species List, Guatemala Species List, Guinea Bissau Species List, Guyana Species List, India Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Kenya Species List, Laos Species List, Liberia Species List, Madagascar Species List, Mauritania Species List, New Zealand Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Nigeria Species List, Oman Species List, Pakistan Species List, Panama Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Peru Species List, Paraguay Species List, Philippines Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Senegal Species List, Singapore Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Sudan Species List, Sweden Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Thailand Species List, The Netherlands Species List, Timor Leste Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Venezuela Species List, US Virgin Islands Species List, Zambia Species List, wikipedia ID, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, Singapore Strait Species List, Solomon Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, wikipedia AZ, wikipedia ET, wikipedia MS, wikipedia HSB, wikipedia GA, NCBI, wikipedia EO, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia emerging_languages, wikipedia gl Galician, Timor Sea Species List, United States Species List, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, USDA PLANTS images, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, Wikipedia (inferred records), GGBN data coverage, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Luffa
Luffa Cylindrica
Recognized by eFloras

Alternative Names

Cucumis acutangulus L.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Cucumis acutangulus Wall.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Cucumis operculatus Roxb.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Cucumis pentandrus Roxb.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Cucurbita multiflora Soland.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Cucurbita umbellata Klein
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Cucurbita umbellata Klein ex Willd.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Luffa aegyptiaca Schumach. & Thonn.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.)
Luffa angolensis A. Chev.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Luffa arabum L.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Luffa bendaul Roxb.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Luffa bondel Buch.-Ham.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Luffa cordata Meisn. ex M. Roem.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Luffa cylindrica (L.) Roem
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Luffa Mill.)
Luffa foetida (Jacq. fil.) Hort. Vindob.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Luffa foetida (Jacq. fil.) Hort. Vindob. ex Schrad.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Luffa foetida Cav.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Luffa forskalii Hort.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Luffa forskalii Schweinf.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Luffa fricatoria Sessé & Moc.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Luffa parvula Buch.-Ham. & G. Don
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Luffa quinquefolia Seem.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Luffa saccata F. Müll.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Luffa saccata F. Müll. ex Naud.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Luffa vittata Zipp.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Momordica cylindrica L.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Momordica echinocarpa Fenzl
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Momordica erinocarpa Fenzl
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Momordica luffa L.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Momordica luffa Vell.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Momordica operculata Blanco
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Momordica operculata L.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Momordica tubiflora Wall.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Luffa Mill. 1754
Authority according to NCBI
Poppya Neck.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Trevouxia Scop.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Turia Forssk.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
luffa
Harvest ancestor according to Global Biotic Interactions

Common Names

English

luffa preferred

Arabic

ليف preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Armenian

կուշ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Belarusian

Люфа preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bengali

ঝিংগা preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

луфа preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Burmese

ခဝဲပင် preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

丝瓜 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
丝瓜属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Croatian

Lufa preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

lufa preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Estonian

Käsnkõrvits preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Pesusienikurkut preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Georgian

ლუფა preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hausa

Soso preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

לופה preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Irish

lúfach preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

ヘチマ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kazakh

Сәнқабақ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kirghiz; Kyrgyz

Люффа preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kongo

Nsana preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Korean

수세미오이 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Macedonian

луфа preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Malay

Petola preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Malayalam

പീച്ചിങ്ങ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Nepali

घिरौंला preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

لیف (گیاه) preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

trukwa preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Punjabi

ਤੋਰੀ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan

Lufă preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Люффа preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sanskrit

कोशातकी preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sindhi

توري preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swahili

Mdodoki preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Tagalog

Patola preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Tamil

பீர்க்கங்காய் preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Telugu

బీరకాయ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Tongan

Fanguʻakumā preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

Люффа preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Unspecified

ဂဇိုဟ်၊ တၞံ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Urdu

توری preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vietnamese

Chi Mướp preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

ليف preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Nan

Chhài-koe preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Pnb

توری preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Yue

勝瓜 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

丝瓜属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hans

丝瓜属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hant

絲瓜 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hk

絲瓜 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

絲瓜屬 preferred
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Curated hierarchies for Luffa

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Cucurbitales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
Cucurbitaceae Juss.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes

GBIF classification

Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Cucurbitales
Cucurbitaceae
13 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.