Anredera
| Madeira Vines | |
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| Anredera cordifolia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Basellaceae |
| Genus: | Anredera Juss. |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Anredera is a genus of plants native to Latin America, the West Indies, Texas, and Florida. Some are naturalized in other regions (notably Mediterranean region and on various oceanic islands).[2] Most of them evergreen vines of dry scrubland and thickets. Members of the genus are commonly known as Madeira Vines.[3] At least one species, A. cordifolia bears edible roots or tubers and leaves similar to those of Basella alba.
Selected species
- Anredera aspera Sperling - Bolivia
- Anredera baselloides (Kunth) Baill. – Gulf Madeira Vine - Ecuador, Peru; naturalized in Bermuda, Dominican Republic
- Anredera brachystachys (Moq.) Sperling - Colombia, Ecuador
- Anredera cordifolia (Ten.) Steenis – Heart-leaf Madeira Vine - South America from Venezuela to Argentina; naturalized in Mexico, Central America, California, Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Puerto Rico, Bermuda, southern Europe, Morocco, Canary Islands, Azores, southern China, India, New Zealand, Polynesia, St. Helena, Cape Verde, Madeira
- Anredera densiflora Sperling - Ecuador, Peru
- Anredera diffusa (Moq.) Sperling - Peru
- Anredera floribunda (Moq.) Sperling - Colombia
- Anredera krapovickasii (Villa) Sperling - Bolivia, Argentina
- Anredera marginata (Kunth) Sperling - Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
- Anredera ramosa (Moq.) Eliasson - central + southern Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Galápagos
- Anredera tucumanensis (Lillo & Hauman) Sperling - Ecuador, Bolivia, southern Brazil, Tucumán Province of Argentina
- Anredera vesicaria (Lam.) Gaertn f. – Texas Madeira Vine - Mexico, Central America, West Indies, Venezuela, Florida, Texas
References
- ↑ "Genus: Anredera Juss.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
- 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- 1 2 "Anredera". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
- ↑ "GRIN Species Records of Anredera". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
External links
- Anredera in the Flora of North America
- Plants of Hawaii on Anredera cordifolia as an ornamental and invasive plant with accompanying photographs
- Plants For A Future database on Anredera cordifolia as food
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