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Cucurbitaceae

Bryonia

Bryonia cretica

Bryonia cretica subsp. acuta (Desf.) Tutin

First published in Feddes Repert. 79: 61 (1968)

This subspecies is accepted

The native range of this subspecies is Lampedusa to N. Africa. It is a climbing tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Taxonomy

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Native to:

Algeria, Libya, Sicilia, Tunisia

Homotypic Synonyms

Bryonia acuta Desf. in Fl. Atlant.: 86 (1798)
Bryonia dioica var. acuta (Desf.) Coss. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 22: 457 (1875)
Bryonia dioica subsp. acuta (Desf.) Batt. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Dicot.: 334 (1889)

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1968). Flora Europaea 2: 1-469. Cambridge University Press.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

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