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Anredera

Juss. (1789)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-CoreEudicot Order: Caryophyllales Family: Basellaceae Genus: Anredera

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Perennial vines.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Apex acute to acuminate or obtuse. Base cuneate to truncate or cordate. Blades fleshy. Margins entire. Petiolate to subsessile. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in axillary spikes or racemes. Flowers small, bisexual (perfect) or unisexual, each subtended by 2 pairs of decussate bracts. Perianth in 1 series lobed nearly to base. Stamens 5, opposite the petals; filaments reflexed in bud, adnate to base of petals; anthers dithecal. Ovary superior, 1-celled, 3-carpellate; ovule 1, basal.

Fruit: Utricle; globose; enclosed by the corolla [van Steenis; 1957]. Seeds globose; true endosperm absent.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Tropical America; often grown in warm regions.

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Island Status

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Notes

  • Description digitized by Pumehana
  • Description digitized from the Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii

Bibliography

Name Published In: Gen. Pl.: 84 (1789)

Occurrences

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