Cucurbitaceae
Zehneria

Zehneria capillacea (Schumach.) C.Jeffrey

First published in Kew Bull. 15: 366 (1961 publ. 1962)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Uganda and Angola. It is a climbing annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Jeffrey, C. (1967). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Cucurbitaceae: 1-156.
  • Keraudren-Aymonin, M. (1975). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire-rwanda-Burundi), Cucurbitaceae: 1-152. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (eds.) (2021). Flore du Gabon 57: 1-173. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris; Margraf Publishers, Weikersheim; Meise Botanic Garden.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Keraudren-Aymonin, M. (1975). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire-rwanda-Burundi), Cucurbitaceae: 1-152. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • C. Jeffrey in Kew Bulletin 15: 366 (1962).
  • R. & A. Fernandes in Mem. Junta Invest. Ultram., sér. 2, 34: 117 (1962).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 1966 Gossweiler, J. [13.904] Angola K000508714 Yes
Robins, R.J. [104] Tanzania K004210608 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [724] Sierra Leone K004349768 Yes
Félix, J. [9016] Cameroon K004349813 Yes
Vogel [45] Nigeria K004349782 Yes
Linder, D.H. [703] Liberia K004349770 Yes
Oldeman, R.A.A. [188] Cote d'Ivoire K004349771 Yes
[Nicolas Hall] [2001] Gabon K004349824 Yes
Vogel [203] Nigeria K004349791 Yes
Cummins, H.A. [153] Ghana K004349775 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [4573] Uganda K004210611 Yes
Louis, J.L.P. [7546] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004349828 Yes
Zenker [4825] Cameroon K004349811 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [4276] Sierra Leone K004349762 Yes
Miller, H. [135] Nigeria K004349779 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [7083] Central African Republic K004349820 Yes
Louis [13164] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004349827 Yes
Letouzey, R. [[11378]] Cameroon K004349814 Yes
Scholz, U.; Koumassi, P.; Kühn, H.; Peuker, H. [636] Togo K004349773 Yes
Carvalho [2373] Equatorial Guinea K004349817 Yes
[Bacter] [s.n.] Nigeria K004349778 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [15203] Nigeria K004349788 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [3226] Sierra Leone K004349763 Yes
Louis, A.M. [2863] Gabon K004349825 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [1591] K004349774 Yes
Luke, Q.; Bocuma, D.; Hastings, Z.; Mebulo, I.; Rivas, J. [13668] Equatorial Guinea K004349818 Yes
[203] Equatorial Guinea K000313441 Unknown Type Material Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [10405] Central African Republic K004349821 Yes
Jacques Félix, H. [4607] Cameroon K004349816 Yes
Dewit; Morton [A2955] Ghana K004349760 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [593] Sierra Leone K004349767 Yes
Jones, A.P.D.; Keay, R.W.J.; Onochie, C.F. [FHI14556] Nigeria K004349776 Yes
[Barter] [1522] Nigeria K004349784 Yes
[Ronland] [s.n.] Nigeria K004349781 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [22236] Cote d'Ivoire K004349769 Yes
Morton, J.K. [SL2510] Sierra Leone K004349764 Yes
Chandler, P. [1438] Uganda K004210609 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [724] Sierra Leone K004349766 Yes
Dummer, R. [3190] Uganda K004210610 Yes
Mann [418] K004349790 Yes
Louis, J.L.P. [7236] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004349829 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [3797] Sierra Leone K004349765 Yes
Ariwaodo, J.O. [ARS1429] Nigeria K004349785 Yes
Wieringa, J.J. [1089] Gabon K004349822 Yes
Letouzey, R. [10022] Cameroon K004349812 Yes
Harris, D.J.; Armstrong, K.E.; Niangadouma, R. [8428] Gabon K004349823 Yes
Ern, H. [2988] Togo K004349772 Yes
Casas, F. [12039] Equatorial Guinea K004349819 Yes
Warnecke [280] Togo K004349780 Yes
Killick, H.J. [270] Nigeria K004349786 Yes
Louis [13534] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004349831 Yes
Vogel [s.n.] Nigeria K004349777 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [964] Nigeria K004349783 Yes
Jones, A.P.D.; Keay, R.W.J.; Onochie, C.F. [FHI14520] Nigeria K004349787 Yes
Louis, J.L.P. [16135] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004349830 Yes
Zenker, G.A. [[3875]] Cameroon K004349815 Yes
Morton, J.K. [7817] Ghana K004349761 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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