Cyclanthera
Cyclanthera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae. The name comes from the fact that some species show extreme cases of stamen fusion forming a ring around the gynoecium, with a single locule.
Cyclanthera | |
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Cyclanthera pedata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Cucurbitales |
Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
Subfamily: | Cucurbitoideae |
Tribe: | Sicyoeae |
Genus: | Cyclanthera Schrad. 1831[1] |
Type species | |
Cyclanthera pedata (L.) Schrader | |
Species | |
Several, including:
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Synonyms | |
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References
- Schrader, H.A. (1831) Index Seminum (Göttingen) 1831: 2.
- Schaefer, H. & Renner, S.S. (2011) Phylogenetic relationships in the order Cucurbitales and a new classification of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), Taxon, 60 (1): 122–138.
- Kearns, D.M. & Jones, E. (1992) A re-evaluation of the genus Cremastopus (Cucurbitaceae). Madroño 39: 301-303.
- Lira Saade, R. (1995) Estudios taxonómicos y ecogeográficos de las Cucurbitaceae latinoamericanas de importancia económica. Rome: IPGRI.
External links
Media related to Cyclanthera at Wikimedia Commons - " Multilingual taxonomic information". University of Melbourne.
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