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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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|name = ''Zehneria''
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|image = Zehneria indica Blanco2.365-cropped.jpg
|image = Zehneria indica Blanco2.365-cropped.jpg
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|image_caption = Plate of ''Zehneria indica'' in [[Francisco Manuel Blanco]]’s ''Flora de Filipinas'', 1880-1883
|image_caption = Plate of ''Zehneria indica'' in [[Francisco Manuel Blanco]]’s ''Flora de Filipinas'', 1880-1883
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|regnum = [[Plantae]]
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|taxon = Zehneria
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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|authority = [[Stephan Endlicher|Endl.]]<ref>Endlicher (1833).</ref>
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|ordo = [[Cucurbitales]]
|subdivision = See text
|familia = [[Cucurbitaceae]]
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|subfamilia = [[Cucurbitoideae]]
[[File:Zehneria japonica2SHSU.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Leaves and flowers of ''Zehneria japonica'']]
|tribus = [[Melothrieae]]
|subtribus = [[Cucumerinae]]
|genus = ''[[Zehneria]]''
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|genus_authority = [[Stephan Endlicher|Endl.]]<ref>Endlicher (1833).</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]]. The name honours [[Botanical illustrator|botanical artist]] Joseph Zehner.
'''''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>

==Description==
''Zehneria'' species are either [[monoecious]] or [[dioecious]], annual or perennial, climbing [[vine]]s. Their [[leaf|leaves]] are simple, dentate and usually palmately lobed. [[Inflorescence]]s grow on axillary [[raceme]]s, with the [[flower]]s normally clustered, occasionally solitary. The [[fruit]] is fleshy, usually globose or ellipsoidal, and [[dehiscence (botany)|indehiscent]]. The seeds are obovate, compressed and smooth.<ref name=fao/>


==Selected species==
==Selected species==
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* ''[[Zehneria bodinieri]]'' <small> (H. Lév.) W. J. de Wilde & Duyfjes </small>
* ''[[Zehneria bodinieri]]'' <small> (H. Lév.) W. J. de Wilde & Duyfjes </small>
* ''[[Zehneria brevirostris]]'' <small> W. J. de Wilde & Duyfjes </small>
* ''[[Zehneria brevirostris]]'' <small> W. J. de Wilde & Duyfjes </small>
* ''[[Zehneria capillacea]]'' <small> (Schumacher & Thonning) Jeffrey </small>
* ''[[Zehneria cunninghamii]]'' <small> F.Muell. </small>
* ''[[Zehneria cunninghamii]]'' <small> F.Muell. </small>
* ''[[Zehneria ejecta]]'' <small> F. M. Bailey </small>
* ''[[Zehneria ejecta]]'' <small> F. M. Bailey </small>
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* ''[[Zehneria thwaitesii]]'' <small> (Schweinf.) C. Jeffrey </small>
* ''[[Zehneria thwaitesii]]'' <small> (Schweinf.) C. Jeffrey </small>
* ''[[Zehneria wallichii]]'' <small> (C. B. Clarke) C. Jeffrey</small>
* ''[[Zehneria wallichii]]'' <small> (C. B. Clarke) C. Jeffrey</small>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:TimunTikus.jpg|Zehneria grown in [[Malaysia]]
File:BuahTimunTikus.jpg|Close-up of a Zehneria fruit
File:TimunTikusTua.jpg|Matured Zehneria is black in color
</gallery>


==References==
==References==

===Notes===
===Notes===
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{{Reflist}}

===Sources===
===Sources===
* {{cite journal |author= Endlicher, Stephan |year=1833 |title= |journal=Prodr. Fl. Norfolk. |volume=69 |issue= |pages= |url= }}
* {{cite journal |author= Endlicher, Stephan |year=1833 |journal=Prodromus Florae Norfolkicae |volume=69 }}
* {{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=Last modified 2006-02-19}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/stddisplay.xsql?pnid=6787|title= Zehneria |access-date=2010-11-20 |work=Flora of Australia Online |publisher= Australian Biological Resources Study |date=1993}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Zehneria.html |title=Sorting Zehneria names |access-date=2010-11-20 |work=Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database |publisher=University of Melbourne |date=2006-02-19}}

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[[Category:Cucurbitaceae]]
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[[Category:Zehneria| ]]
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[[Category:Cucurbitaceae genera]]
[[Category:Benincaseae]]




Latest revision as of 17:39, 27 June 2024

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

See text

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

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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

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  • 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

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Notes

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

Sources

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  • 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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