The Cucurbitaceae plants in A.Chamisso and J.F.Eschscholtz collections kept in the V.L.Komarov botanical institute herbarium (St. petersburg, LE)

摘要

The results of revision of herbarium materials on Cucurbitaceae kept in LE (including the so celled academic herbarium) (22 sheets), collected by A.Chamisso and J.F.Eschscholtz during the Russian voyage of exploration around the world in 1815-1818 on the brig under the command of Captain O.E.Kotzebue as well as by Chamisso in Switzerland and Germany, are presented. The annotated list of 15 species, subspecies and varieties from 12 genera of subfamily Cucurbitoideae (including Marah et Zehneria) with citations of synonyms, herbarium specimens examined and information on the localities and dates of plant collecting is given. The herbarium specimens of Marah fabaceus collected by Chamisso and Eschscholtz near the Presidio of San Francisco (California, October 1816) and not identified until now are the first known collection of this species and genus March.