Cucurbitaceae
Apodanthera

Apodanthera biflora Cogn.

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

Distribution

Native to:

Ecuador, Peru

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.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 24, 2006 Spruce, R. [6462], Ecuador K000006237 isotype Yes
May 1, 1954 Spruce, R. [6462], Ecuador K000006238 holotype 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 2022 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 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0