Trichosanthes pubera Blume subsp. rubiflos (Cayla) Duyfjes & Pruesapan

De Wilde, Willem J. J. O. & Duyfjes, Brigitta E. E., 2012, Keys to and checklist of species of the genus Trichosanthes L. (Cucurbitaceae) in Indochina, Adansonia (3) 34 (2), pp. 265-278 : 274

14. Trichosanthes pubera Blume subsp. rubiflos (Cayla) Duyfjes & Pruesapan

Thai Forest Bulletin.Botany 32: 94, fig.1h (2004); W.J. de Wilde & Duyfjes, Flora of Thailand 9 (4):531 (2008a); Flora Malesiana.Series 1. Spermatophyta 19: 299 (2010).— Trichosanthes rubriflos Cayla , Bulletin du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris 14: 170 (1908); Gagnep., Flore générale de l’Indo-Chine 2: 1043 (1921); Keraudren-Aymonin, Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Viêtnam 15: 80 (1975); S. K . Chen , Flora Yunnanica 6: 358, pl.93: 5-8 (1995); Huang & Jeffrey in Lu & Jeffrey, Flora of China, http://efloras.org: species no. 23 (2011). — Type: Cambodia (Stung-Streng), Thorel 2126 (lecto-, P [ P00313090 ], designated by Keraudren- Aymonin [1975: 80]; iso-, P, K) .

DISTRIBUTION. — NE India, S China, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam.

KEY TO THE VARIETIES OF TRICHOSANTHES PUBERA BLUME

SUBSP. RUBRIFLOS (CAYLA) DUYFJES & PRUESAPAN

1. Male sepals undivided or occasionally with a short side-lobe; male bracts with coarsely

incised margin ......................................... a. var. rubriflos (Cayla) Duyfjes & Pruesapan — Male sepals with side-lobes or deeply incised; male bracts densely and finely incised,

5-10 mm deep ................................................... b. var. fissisepala Duyfjes & Pruesapan