Cucurbitaceae
Zanonia

Zanonia indica L.

First published in Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1292 (1759)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. China to Tropical Asia. It is a liana and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (2001). Flora of Bhutan 2: 1-1675. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Renner, S.S. & Pandey, A.K. (2013). The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequences. PhytoKeys 20: 53-118.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(1): 1-346.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2011). Flora of China 19: 1-884. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Renner, S.S. & Pandey, A.K. (2013). The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequences. PhytoKeys 20: 53-118.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2015 Takeuchi, W.; et. al. [17489] Papua New Guinea K000608133 Yes
Jul 2, 2008 De Wilde; Postar [SAN 141910] Malaysia K000517481 Yes
Bell, T.R. [7836] India K004422752 Yes
Schlechter, R. [[18919]] Papua New Guinea K004422762 Yes
[H.B.C.] [s.n.] India K004422745 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [20645] K004422724 Yes
Pierre [1279] K004422721 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K004422746 Yes
s.coll. [1125] India K004422749 Yes
Coode, M.; Katik, P. [NGF32721] Papua New Guinea K004422763 Yes
Koorders, S.H. [Kds27506β] Indonesia K004422731 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [20116G] India K004422755 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [20645] K004422726 Yes
s.coll. [2521] India K004422759 Yes
s.coll. [2521] India K004422758 Yes
Ramos, M.; Edano, G. [43946] Philippines K004422741 Yes
Ramos, M. [1593] Malaysia K000742887 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ramos, M. [1593] Malaysia K000742886 Unknown Type Material Yes
Brass, L.J. [29354] Papua New Guinea K004422764 Yes
Pierre [1279] K004422720 Yes
s.coll. [[CP1628]] K004422754 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [2048] K004422723 Yes
Anderson, J.A.R. [S25559] Malaysia K004422730 Yes
Haviland, G.D.; Kalong [1867] Malaysia K004422737 No
Beccari, O. [4020] Malaysia K004422738 Yes
Motley, J. [920] Indonesia K004422739 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [20116E] India K004422756 Yes
[Ledermann] [7286] Papua New Guinea K004422761 Yes
[Mr. Law] [s.n.] India K004422743 Yes
Motley, J. [804] Indonesia K004422740 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K004422750 Yes
Ramos, M.; Edano, G. [37397] Philippines K000742885 Unknown Type Material Yes
Haviland, G.D. [[1867]] Malaysia K004422736 Yes
Hartley, T.G. [TGH10037] Papua New Guinea K004422760 Yes
Haviland, G.D. [2328] Malaysia K004422734 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K004422747 Yes
Bell, T.R. [7836] India K004422751 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [20115A] India K004422757 Yes
Pierre [394] K004422722 Yes
Haviland, G.D. [2328] Malaysia K004422735 Yes
[Dalzele] [s.n.] India K004422753 Yes
Koorders, S.H. [Kds23568β] Indonesia K004422732 Yes
Nair, N.C. [78302] India K004422748 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K004422742 Yes
Hose, C. [84] Malaysia K004422733 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [20645] K004422725 Yes
Ramos, M. [1578] Malaysia K000742888 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [7300] India K004422744 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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 2025. 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 2025. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images