Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Luffa Mill.
LUFFA
Classification
CUCURBITALES
Luffa
Citation
LUFFA Miller, Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. 1754.
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TYPE: Luffa aegyptiaca Miller (Momordica luffa Linnaeus)
Distribution Map Present

This species have been reported in the counties highlighted.

Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Luffa aegyptiaca VEGETABLE SPONGE; LOOFAH Not Native
Luffa quinquefida Not Native
Identification Key

No identification key is available for this family.

Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Poppya Poppya M. Roemer, Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 59. 1846. TYPE: Poppya operculata (Linnaeus) M. Roemer (Momordica operculata Linnaeus)
Trevouxia Trevouxia Scopoli, Intr. Hist. Nat. 152. 1777. TYPE: = Turia Forsskal 1775.
Turia Turia Forsskal, Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 165. 1775. TYPE: Turia sativa Forsskal Lectotypified by Friis, Taxon 33: 666. 1984.