8564.000 Zehneria Endl.

Keraudren-Aymonin, M. (1975) Cucurbitaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles

Description of the genus

Climbing dioecious or monoecious herbs with simple leaves. Tendrils simple. Flowers small, white, becoming cream or yellowish-green with age. Male flowers solitary or in raceme- or umbel-like axillary clusters; corolla 5-lobed; stamens 2-3(-4), all 2-thecous; disk elevated and free from the receptacle-tube. Female flowers in similar inflorescences to the male; ovary smooth, glabrous to pubescent; staminodes often present, 3; disk annular. Fruit a berry, usually red and glabrous.

Worldwide: 30 species in the tropics of the Old World

Zimbabwe: 6 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
marlothii (Cogn.) R. Fern. & A. Fern.	W,S	Description, Image
microsperma Hook. f.	C	Description, Image
minutiflora (Cogn.) C. Jeffrey	N,E,S	Description, Image
scabra (L.f.) Sond. subsp. argyrea (A. Zimm.) C. Jeffrey var. chirindensis C. Jeffrey [End] [VU]	E	Description, Image
scabra (L.f.) Sond. subsp. scabra	E	Description, Image
tridactyla (Hook. f.) R. & A. Fern.	N,E	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Zehneria:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Zehneria
Flora of Burundi: Zehneria
Flora of Caprivi: Zehneria
Flora of the DRC: Zehneria
Flora of Malawi: Zehneria
Flora of Mozambique: Zehneria
Flora of Rwanda: Zehneria
Flora of Zambia: Zehneria

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Zehneria
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Zehneria
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Zehneria
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Zehneria
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Zehneria
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Zehneria
JSTOR Plant Science: Zehneria
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Zehneria
Plants of the World Online: Zehneria
Tropicos: Zehneria
Wikipedia: Zehneria