Zehneria

Zehneria
Plate of Zehneria indica in Francisco Manuel Blanco’s Flora de Filipinas, 1880-1883
Scientific classification Edit this 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 grown in Malaysia
    Zehneria grown in Malaysia
  • Close-up of a Zehneria fruit
    Close-up of a Zehneria fruit
  • Matured Zehneria is black in color
    Matured Zehneria is black in color

References

Notes

  1. ^ Endlicher (1833).
  2. ^ a b Flora of Australia Online.

Sources

  • Endlicher, Stephan (1833). Prodromus Florae Norfolkicae. 69. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (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.


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