Benincasa hispida
- Family:
- Cucurbitaceae
- Country:
- Society Islands
- Places:
- Otaheite
- Artist:
- Sydney Parkinson
- Format:
- Finished Drawing
- Medium:
- Watercolours on paper
- Dimensions:
- 465 x 275/380 mm
- Plate number:
- SI1 / 34
- Citations:
- Solander, D. Pl. Otaheit.: 60 - 61, 179 'Cucurbita pruriens'; Solander, D. Slip Catalogue XIX: 705 - 708; Banks, J. Cat. Pl. 28
- Notes recto:
- [ink] 'Cucurbita aspera.' [SP]; 'Sydney Parkinson pinxt. 1769.'
- Specimen details:
- 3 sheets, Otaheite.
- Taxon citations:
- [Thunberg] Cogniaux in A. de Candolle, Monogr. phan. 3: 513 [1881].
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