Biology:Ampelosicyos

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Ampelosicyos
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Ampelosicyos
Thouars
Synonyms
  • Keraudren Cogn.
  • Odosicyos Delognaea
  • Keraudren Tricyclandra

Ampelosicyos is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.[1]

It is native to Madagascar.[1]

The genus name of Ampelosicyos is in honour of Ampelos, who was the personification of the grapevine and lover of Dionysus in Greek and Roman mythology.[2] It was first described and published in Hist. Vég. Îsles Austral. Afriq. on page 68 in 1808.[1]

Species known

As accepted by Plants of the World Online:[1]

  • Ampelosicyos bosseri (Keraudren) H.Schaef. & S.S.Renner
  • Ampelosicyos humblotii (Cogn.) Jum. & H.Perrier
  • Ampelosicyos leandrii (Keraudren) H.Schaef. & S.S.Renner
  • Ampelosicyos major Jum. & H.Perrier
  • Ampelosicyos meridionalis Keraudren
  • Ampelosicyos scandens Thouars

References

Wikidata ☰ Q8197741 entry