The establishment of the species-delimits and varietal-identities of the cultivated germplasm of Luffa acutangula and Luffa aegyptiaca in Sri Lanka using morphometric, organoleptic and phylogenetic approaches

• S. A. S. M. Kumari,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Regional Agriculture Research and Development Centre, Makandura, Gonawila, North Western Province, Sri Lanka, Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

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• N. D. U. S. Nakandala ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: N. D. U. S. Nakandala, P. W. I. Nawanjana, R. M. S. K. Rathnayake, H. M. T. N. Senavirathna, R. W. K. M. Senevirathna, W. M. D. A. Wijesundara, L. T. Ranaweera

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

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• P. W. I. Nawanjana ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: N. D. U. S. Nakandala, P. W. I. Nawanjana, R. M. S. K. Rathnayake, H. M. T. N. Senavirathna, R. W. K. M. Senevirathna, W. M. D. A. Wijesundara, L. T. Ranaweera

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

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• R. M. S. K. Rathnayake ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: N. D. U. S. Nakandala, P. W. I. Nawanjana, R. M. S. K. Rathnayake, H. M. T. N. Senavirathna, R. W. K. M. Senevirathna, W. M. D. A. Wijesundara, L. T. Ranaweera

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

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• H. M. T. N. Senavirathna ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: N. D. U. S. Nakandala, P. W. I. Nawanjana, R. M. S. K. Rathnayake, H. M. T. N. Senavirathna, R. W. K. M. Senevirathna, W. M. D. A. Wijesundara, L. T. Ranaweera

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

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• R. W. K. M. Senevirathna ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: N. D. U. S. Nakandala, P. W. I. Nawanjana, R. M. S. K. Rathnayake, H. M. T. N. Senavirathna, R. W. K. M. Senevirathna, W. M. D. A. Wijesundara, L. T. Ranaweera

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

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• W. M. D. A. Wijesundara ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: N. D. U. S. Nakandala, P. W. I. Nawanjana, R. M. S. K. Rathnayake, H. M. T. N. Senavirathna, R. W. K. M. Senevirathna, W. M. D. A. Wijesundara, L. T. Ranaweera

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

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• L. T. Ranaweera ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: N. D. U. S. Nakandala, P. W. I. Nawanjana, R. M. S. K. Rathnayake, H. M. T. N. Senavirathna, R. W. K. M. Senevirathna, W. M. D. A. Wijesundara, L. T. Ranaweera

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

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• M. A. D. K. Mannanayake,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Regional Agriculture Research and Development Centre, Makandura, Gonawila, North Western Province, Sri Lanka

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• C. K. Weebadde,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

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• S. D. S. S. Sooriyapathirana

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sunethuop@gmail.com

  Affiliations Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5592-1742

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