Siraitia

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Siraitia
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Siraitia grosvenorii (luohan guo) fruits
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Subfamily: Cucurbitoideae
Tribe: Siraitieae
H. Schaef. & S.S. Renner 2011
Genus:Siraitia
Merr.
Synonyms

Neoluffa Chakrav.

Siraitia is a genus of plants from the Cucurbitaceae family. The following species have been assigned to it, at various times: [1]

A genus is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus.

Cucurbitaceae family of plants

The Cucurbitaceae, also called cucurbits and the gourd family, are a plant family consisting of about 965 species in around 95 genera, the most important of which are:

<i>Siraitia grosvenorii</i> species of plant

Siraitia grosvenorii is a herbaceous perennial vine of the Cucurbitaceae (gourd) family, native to southern China and northern Thailand. The plant is cultivated for its fruit, whose extract is nearly 300 times sweeter than sugar and has been used in China as a low-calorie sweetener for cooling drinks and in traditional Chinese medicine.

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  2. Kibatalia blancoi(Rolfe ex Stapf) Merr. – Philippines
  3. Kibatalia borneensis(Stapf) Merr. – Sarawak
  4. Kibatalia elmeriWoodson – Luzon
  5. Kibatalia gitingensis(Elmer) Woodson – Philippines
  6. Kibatalia laurifolia(Ridl.) Woodson – Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, W Malaysia
  7. Kibatalia longifoliaMerr. – Mindanao
  8. Kibatalia macgregori(Elmer) Woodson – Sibuyan
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  10. Kibatalia maingayi(Hook.f.) Woodson – Thailand, W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Mindanao
  11. Kibatalia merrillianaWoodson – Leyte, Samar
  12. Kibatalia puberulaMerr. – Samar in Philippines
  13. Kibatalia stenopetalaMerr. – Luzon, Dinagat, Mindanao
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  15. Kibatalia wigmani(Koord.) Merr. – Sulawesi
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  2. Kibatalia elastica(Preuss) Merr. = Funtumia elastica(Preuss) Stapf
  3. Kibatalia latifolia(Stapf) Merr. = Funtumia africana(Benth.) Stapf
  4. Kibatalia scheffieri(K.Schum.) Merr. = Funtumia africana(Benth.) Stapf
  5. Kibatalia zenkeri(K.Schum.) Merr. = Funtumia africana(Benth.) Stapf
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References

  1. ↑ Siraitia at The Plant List database. Accessed on 2014-09-20.
  2. ↑ Siraitia africana at The Plant List database. Accessed on 2014-09-20.
  3. ↑ Siraitia borneensis at The Plant List database. Accessed on 2014-09-20.
  4. ↑ Siraitia grosvenorii at The Plant List database. Accessed on 2014-09-20.
  5. ↑ Siraitia siamensis at The Plant List database. Accessed on 2014-09-20.
  6. ↑ Siraitia sikkimensis at The Plant List database. Accessed on 2014-09-20.
  7. ↑ Siraitia silomaradjae at The Plant List database. Accessed on 2014-09-20.
  8. ↑ Siraitia taiwaniana at The Plant List database. Accessed on 2014-09-20.


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