Cucurbitaceae
Apodanthera

Apodanthera aspera Cogn.

First published in Diagn. Cucurb. Nouv. 2: 43 (1877)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico. It is a climbing caudex geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Belgrano, M.J. & Pozner, R. (2017). Sinopsis del género Apodanthera (Cucurbitaceae, Coniandreae). Darwiniana 5: 5-50.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Apodanthera undulata var. australis.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 23, 2006 Galeotti, H.G. [1886], Mexico Apodanthera galeottii K000430952 isotype Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0