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Pilogyne ecklonii

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Name

Identification
Zehneria scabra (L.f.) Sond. [family CUCURBITACEAE ] (stored under name); Melothria velutina (Schrad.) Cogn. [family CUCURBITACEAE ] Verified by D.J.B. Killick, Pilogyne ecklonii Schrad. [family CUCURBITACEAE ]
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  • Melothria velutina
  • Pilogyne ecklonii
  • Zehneria scabra

Flora

Entry for ZEHNERIA scabra Sond. [family CUCURBITACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 482, (1894) Author: (BY W. SONDER.)
Names
ZEHNERIA scabra Sond. [family CUCURBITACEAE]
Bryonia scabra Thunb. [family CUCURBITACEAE], ! fl. cap. 34.
Bryonia punctata Thunb. [family CUCURBITACEAE], ! l. c.
Bryonia angulata Thunb. [family CUCURBITACEAE], ! l. c. 35.
Bryonia Maderaspatana Berg. [family CUCURBITACEAE], ! cap. 351.
Pilogyne suavis Schrad. [family ], ! E. & Z., 1782, 1783, 1785, 1786, 1787.
Pilogyne affinis Schrad. [family ], ! E. & Z., 1782, 1783, 1785, 1786, 1787.
Pilogyne Ecklonii Schrad. [family ], ! E. & Z., 1782, 1783, 1785, 1786, 1787.
Pilogyne cuspidata Schrad. [family ], ! E. & Z., 1782, 1783, 1785, 1786, 1787.
Pilogyne membranacea Schrad. [family ], ! E. & Z., 1782, 1783, 1785, 1786, 1787. Herb. Un. itin. n. 141. Zeyher, 597, 598, 2479.
Information
stem glabrous, young branches pilose; leaves cordate, angulate, acute, dentate, callous-punctate and scabrous above, pilose or hispid by short hairs on the veins beneath, lower ones sub-5-lobed, upper ones 3-lobed, middle lobes subacuminate. Stem angulate-sulcate. Petiole 4–12 lines long. Leaves mucronate-dentate, paler beneath, as long as broad, or somewhat longer; lower ones 1–2 1/2 inches long, 3 or 5-lobed; upper ones gradually smaller, usually trilobed, with an acuminate, aristate middle lobe. Peduncles solitary or aggregated, uncial or longer, at top with many (10–20) densely racemose, puberous, 1–1 1/2 line long pedicels. Female flowers often solitary on shorter peduncles. Flowers puberous or glabrous. Fruit glabrous, minutely punctate. Seeds 1 line long.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Near Capetown, in the distr. of Uitenhage, Albany, George, and in Betchuanaland; var. β, near Uitenhage and Port Natal, Drege; var. γ, valley of Tarkariver, Mrs. Barber. Natal, Gerr. & McKen.! 551. May-Dec. (Herb. Th., Hm., D., Hk., Sd.)

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