Zanonia
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For other meanings, see Zanonia (disambiguation).
| Zanonia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Subfamily: | Zanonioideae |
| Tribe: | Zanonieae |
| Subtribe: | Zanoniinae |
| Genus: | Zanonia |
| Species: | Z. indica |
| Binomial name | |
| Zanonia indica L. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Zanonia is a monotypic genus in the flowering plant family Cucurbitaceae (the cucumber, squash, and pumpkin family).
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]
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.
- 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
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