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Index of Botanical Specimens

Name	Luffa Miller
Authorship	Miller
Rank	Genus
NomenclaturalStatus	NomLeg
Placed in	Cucurbitaceae
Contains	Luffa acutamgula (L.) Roxb. Luffa acutangula (Linnaeus) Roxburgh Luffa aegyptiaca Miller Luffa amara Roxb. Luffa angolensis (Naudin) A.Chev. Luffa arabum L. Luffa astorii Svenson Luffa batesii C.H.Wright Luffa bendaul Roxb. Luffa bindaal Roxb. Luffa bondel Buch.-Ham. ex Steud. Luffa caledonica Sond. Luffa cattu-picinna Ser. Luffa clavata Roxb. Luffa cordata Meisn. Luffa cordifolia Blume Luffa cylindrica M. Roemer Luffa drastica Mart. Luffa echinata Roxburgh Luffa fluminensis M.Roem. Luffa foetida Schrad. Luffa forskalii Schweinfurth ex Harms Luffa forskaolii Schweinf. ex Harms Luffa fricatoria Sessé & Moc. Luffa gosa Buch.-Ham. Luffa graveolens Roxb. Luffa hederacea Wall. Luffa hermaphrodita N.B.Singh & U.C.Bhattach. Luffa hilapikku Wall. Luffa insularum A. Gray Luffa jacquinii Schrad. Luffa kleinii Wight & Arn. Luffa leiocarpa (Naudin) F.Muell. Luffa leucosperma M.Roem. Luffa longistyla Müll.Stuttg. Luffa luffa (L.) A.Lyons Luffa moghadd (Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.) Peterm. Luffa operculata (L.) Cogn. Luffa parvala Buch.-Ham. Luffa parvula Buch.-Ham. ex G.Don Luffa pentandra Roxb. Luffa petola Ser. Luffa plukenetiana Ser. Luffa purgans (Mart.) Mart. Luffa quinquefida (Hook. & Arn.) Seem. Luffa racemosa Roxb. Luffa saccata F. Mueller ex I. Telford Luffa satpatia Buch.-Ham. Luffa scabra Schumach. & Thonn. Luffa sepium (G.Mey.) C.Jeffrey Luffa sp. Luffa sphaerica Sond. Luffa striata Schrad. Luffa subangulata Miq. Luffa sylvestris Miq. Luffa tenera Royle Luffa tuberosa Roxb. Luffa umbellata (J.G.Klein ex Willd.) M.Roem. Luffa variegata Cogn. Luffa veitchii Naudin Luffa vittata Zipp. ex Span.
Remarks	Type: L. aegyptica Mill. (nom. nov. for Momordica luffa L.)
Citation	1754 Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. [unpaged]
Holdings	2 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Luffa Miller
Identification made in	[no date] (2)