Zanonia
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Zanonia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Cucurbitales |
Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
Tribe: | Zanonieae |
Genus: | Zanonia L. |
Species: | Z. indica
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Zanonia indica | |
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Zanonia is a monotypic genus in the flowering plant family Cucurbitaceae (the cucumber, squash, and pumpkin family).
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The only species is Zanonia indica, a medium-sized liana found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia east to New Guinea. It has a number of subspecies.[1]
At one time a number of Alsomitra species were classified among the Zanonia.
References
External links
- Flora of China - Cucurbitaceae
- Wind dispersal of seeds
- Andres, T. C. 2004. Web site for the plant family Cucurbitaceae & home of The Cucurbit Network. Archived 2011-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
- KBD: Kew Bibliographic Databases of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Gourds afloat: a dated phylogeny reveals an Asian origin of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae) and numerous oversea dispersal events