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Crescentia cujete

Taxonomy
Crescentia cujete was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. It is the type species of Crescentia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. cucurbitinoides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Crescentia cujete Linnaeus

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
genusCrescentia
RankNameAuthor
speciescujete

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Crescentia cujete Linnaeus 1753
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available