| Zehneria thwaitesii (Schweinf.) C. Jeffrey |
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| Protologue : Kew Bull. 15(3): 371 (1962) |
| Notes : [only in Asia, the african is Zehneria tridactyla] |
| Information on the genus : Zehneria |
| Basionym : Melothria thwaitesii Schweinf. |
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Status
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| Status for MA : | accepted (naturalised) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Melothria thwaitesii Schweinf. (1868) |
| Bryonia deltoidea Arn. (1836) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =*Melothria deltoidea auct. sensu F.W.T.A. |
| =Bryonia deltoidea Schumach. & Thonn. |
| =Melothria deltoidea (Schumach. & Thonn.) Benth. (1849) |
| =*Melothria gourmaensis A. Chev. (1920) |
| =Melothria tridactyla var. angustiloba Cogn. (1916) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Delicate climber or trailer to 1,2 m long with fibrous spindly tubers and slender annual stems, often rooting at nodes. |
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| Ecology : |
Rain-, swamp and other ground-water forests; grassland, margins of rivers and swamps; gallery forest; termite-mounds; 30- 1220 m alt.; uncommon in dry country after rains (Kenya; 0- 900 m). Madagascar; Sri Lanka, India. * * *" |
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| Biol./Eco : |
Herb, Liana; distribution: Africa. Asia, |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Cat. Pl. Vasc. Burkina Faso:199 (2012)
- DARBYSHIRE, I. KORDOFAMI, M. & AL. (2015). The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing : 211
- CÉSAR J. & C. CHATELAIN (2019). Flore illustrée du Tchad. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève, Coopération Suisse & Univ. N'Djaména : 368
Bibliography other :
- BRÄUCHLER C., M.D. DWIVEDI & H. SCHAEFER (2016). Notes on the identity and typification of Zehneria thwaitesii (Schweinf.) C.Jeffrey and Zehneria tridactyla (Hook.f.) R. Fern. & A. Fern. (Cucurbitaceae) Phytotaxa 284(2): 143-146
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under Catalogue de Madagascar |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
| see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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| Record n°25874 modified 2016-11-18 |
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