Zehneria
Zehneria | |
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Plate of Zehneria indica in Francisco Manuel Blanco’s Flora de Filipinas, 1880-1883 | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Cucurbitales |
Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
Subfamily: | Cucurbitoideae |
Tribe: | Benincaseae |
Genus: | Zehneria Endl.[1] |
Species | |
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Leaves and flowers of Zehneria japonica
Zehneria is a genus of flowering plants – of vines in the cucumber and gourd family, Cucurbitaceae. It contains about 35 species ranging from Africa, through Southeast Asia to Australia and Oceania. The name honours botanical artist Joseph Zehner.[2]
Description[]
Zehneria species are either monoecious or dioecious, annual or perennial, climbing vines. Their leaves are simple, dentate and usually palmately lobed. Inflorescences grow on axillary racemes, with the flowers normally clustered, occasionally solitary. The fruit is fleshy, usually globose or ellipsoidal, and indehiscent. The seeds are obovate, compressed and smooth.[2]
Selected species[]
- Zehneria alba Ridl.
- Zehneria baueriana Endl.
- (H. Lév.) W. J. de Wilde & Duyfjes
- W. J. de Wilde & Duyfjes
- Zehneria capillacea (Schumacher & Thonning) Jeffrey
- F.Muell.
- F. M. Bailey
- W. J. de Wilde & Duyfjes
- (Lour.) Keraudren
- (Thunb.) H. Y. Liu
- (Blume) Keraudren
- (Cogn.) R. Fern. & A. Fern.
- Wight. & Arn.
- Hook. f.
- (Cogn.) C. Jeffrey
- (Blume) Miq.
- (Blume) Simmons
- Zehneria scabra (L.f.) Sond.
- F. Muell.
- W. J. de Wilde & Duyfjes
- W. J. de Wilde & Duyfjes
- (Schweinf.) C. Jeffrey
- (C. B. Clarke) C. Jeffrey
Gallery[]
Zehneria grown in Malaysia
Close-up of a Zehneria fruit
Matured Zehneria is black in color
References[]
Notes[]
Sources[]
- Endlicher, Stephan (1833). Prodromus Florae Norfolkicae. 69.
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(help) - "Zehneria". Flora of Australia Online. Australian Biological Resources Study. 1993. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
- "Sorting Zehneria names". Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database. University of Melbourne. 2006-02-19. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
Categories:
- Zehneria
- Cucurbitaceae genera
- Cucurbitales stubs