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| ⚫ | '''''Zehneria''''' is a [[genus]] of [[angiosperms|flowering plant]]s – of [[vine]]s in the cucumber and gourd [[family (biology)|family]] [[Cucurbitaceae]]. It contains about 35 species ranging from [[Africa]], through [[Southeast Asia]] to [[Australia]] and [[Oceania]]. The name honours [[Botanical illustrator|botanical artist]] Joseph Zehner.<ref name=fao>Flora of Australia Online.</ref> |
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| ⚫ | '''''Zehneria''''' is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s – of [[vine]]s in the cucumber and gourd [[family (biology)|family]] [[Cucurbitaceae]]. It contains about 35 species ranging from [[Africa]], through [[Southeast Asia]] to [[Australia]] and [[Oceania]]. The name honours [[Botanical illustrator|botanical artist]] Joseph Zehner.<ref name=fao>Flora of Australia Online.</ref> |
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* {{cite web |url=http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Zehneria.html |title=Sorting Zehneria names |accessdate=2010-11-20 |work=Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database |first= |last= |publisher=University of Melbourne |date=2006-02-19}} |
* {{cite web |url=http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Zehneria.html |title=Sorting Zehneria names |accessdate=2010-11-20 |work=Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database |first= |last= |publisher=University of Melbourne |date=2006-02-19}} |
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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.
- Zehneria bodinieri (H. Lév.) W. J. de Wilde & Duyfjes
- Zehneria brevirostris W. J. de Wilde & Duyfjes
- Zehneria cunninghamii F.Muell.
- Zehneria ejecta F. M. Bailey
- Zehneria hermaphrodita W. J. de Wilde & Duyfjes
- Zehneria indica (Lour.) Keraudren
- Zehneria japonica (Thunb.) H. Y. Liu
- Zehneria marginata (Blume) Keraudren
- Zehneria marlothii (Cogn.) R. Fern. & A. Fern.
- Zehneria maysorensis Wight. & Arn.
- Zehneria microsperma Hook. f.
- Zehneria minutiflora (Cogn.) C. Jeffrey
- Zehneria mucronata (Blume) Miq.
- Zehneria repanda (Blume) Simmons
- Zehneria scabra (L.f.) Sond.
- Zehneria scabrella F. Muell.
- Zehneria sphaerosperma W. J. de Wilde & Duyfjes
- Zehneria tenuispica W. J. de Wilde & Duyfjes
- Zehneria thwaitesii (Schweinf.) C. Jeffrey
- Zehneria wallichii (C. B. Clarke) C. Jeffrey
Gallery
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Zehneria grown in Malaysia
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Close-up of a Zehneria fruit
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Matured Zehneria is black in color
References
Notes
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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