Ecballium elaterium

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cucurbitales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Cucurbitales

Ecballium elaterium (L.) A.Rich. in J.B.G.Bory de Saint-Vincent, Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. 6: 19 (1824).

Basionym
- Momordica elaterium L., Sp. Pl.: 1010 (1753).
Homotypic
- Ecballium agreste Rchb., Fl. Germ. Excurs. 1: 294 (1831), nom. superfl.
- Ecballium elaterium var. monoicum Batt., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 31: 364 (1885 publ. 1884), nom. inval.
- Bryonia elaterium (L.) E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 12: 244 (1904).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Great Britain (introduced).
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Czechoslovakia, Hungary (introduced).
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Krym, South European Russia, Ukraine.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Azores (introduced), Canary Islands.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan (introduced).
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey.
- Regional: China
  - Xinjiang (introduced).
Continental: Australasia (introduced)
- Regional: Australia
  - New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia.
- Regional: New Zealand
  - ⧼New Zealand North.⧽
Continental: Northern America (introduced)
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - New York, Pennsylvania.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama.

Hassler, M. 2019. Ecballium elaterium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Ecballium elaterium. Published online. Accessed: Dec 26 2019. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Ecballium elaterium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 26. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Ecballium elaterium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Dec 2019. Reference page.