Thladiantha dubia

Thladiantha dubia, the Manchu tubergourd,[1] goldencreeper, wild potato, or (French) thladianthe douteuse, is a herbaceous perennial climbing vine of the gourd family.[2] It is native to Russia, northern China, and Korea, but has been introduced to Japan,[2] southeast Europe (Austria, Romania, Germany), the Galapagos Islands, and scattered locations in North America (Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Wisconsin).[3][4] It is occasionally grown as a medicinal plant, or as an ornamental in North America (the US and Canada).

Thladiantha dubia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Thladiantha
Species:
T. dubia
Binomial name
Thladiantha dubia
Bunge

Like other members of the genus, it is dioecious.[5] It grows from a tuber and spreads vegetatively by sending out underground rhizomes that produce new tubers.[4]

References
  1. "Thladiantha dubia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  2. Lu, Anmin; Jeffrey, Charles. "Thladiantha dubia". Flora of China. 19 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  3. Nesom, Guy L. (2015). "Thladiantha dubia". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 6. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  4. Chayka, Katy; Dziuk, Peter (2016). "Thladiantha dubia (Manchu Tubergourd)". Minnesota Wildflowers.
  5. Lu, Anmin; Jeffrey, Charles. "Thladiantha". Flora of China. 19 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.


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