Zanonia

For other uses, see Zanonia (disambiguation).

Zanonia is a monotypic genus in the flowering plant family Cucurbitaceae (the cucumber, squash, and pumpkin family).

Botanical illustration of Zanonia indica.

Zanonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Cucurbitales
Family:	Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:	Zanonieae
Genus:	Zanonia L.
Species:	Z. indica
Binomial name
Zanonia indica L.
Synonyms
Juppia Merr. Penar-valli Adans. (nom. illeg.)

The only species is Zanonia indica, a medium-sized liana found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia east to New Guinea. It has a number of subspecies.^[1]

At one time a number of Alsomitra species were classified among the Zanonia.

References

1. Diversity in Zanonia Indica (Cucurbitaceae)^[usurped]

External links

• Flora of China - Cucurbitaceae
• Wind dispersal of seeds
• Andres, T. C. 2004. Web site for the plant family Cucurbitaceae & home of The Cucurbit Network. Archived 2011-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
• KBD: Kew Bibliographic Databases of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Gourds afloat: a dated phylogeny reveals an Asian origin of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae) and numerous oversea dispersal events