Oreosyce africana is a species of flowering plant in the cucumber family, Cucurbitaceae. It is the sole species in genus Oreosyce. It is a climber native to sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar, ranging from Bioko and Cameroon to the west to Ethiopia to the northeast and Limpopo Province of South Africa to the south.[1]
Quick Facts Scientific classification, Binomial name ...
| Oreosyce |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Eudicots |
| Clade: |
Rosids |
| Order: |
Cucurbitales |
| Family: |
Cucurbitaceae |
| Subfamily: |
Cucurbitoideae |
| Tribe: |
Benincaseae |
| Genus: |
Oreosyce
Hook.f. (1871) |
| Species: |
O. africana |
| Binomial name |
Oreosyce africana
Hook.f. (1871) |
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| Synonyms[1] |
- Hymenosicyos Chiov. (1911)
- Cucumis cecilii N.E.Br. (1906)
- Cucumis membranifolius Hook.f. (1871)
- Cucumis oreosyce H.Schaef. (2007)
- Cucumis parvifolius Cogn. ex Scott Elliot (1891)
- Cucumis subsericeus Hook.f. (1871)
- Hymenosicyos bequaertii (De Wild.) Harms (1924)
- Hymenosicyos membranifolius (Hook.f.) Chiov. (1911)
- Hymenosicyos parviflorus (Cogn.) Harms (1923)
- Hymenosicyos subsericeus (Hook.f.) Harms (1923)
- Hymenosicyos triangularis (Cogn.) Harms (1923)
- Hymenosicyos villosus (Cogn.) Harms (1923)
- Oreosyce bequaertii De Wild. (1921)
- Oreosyce holstii Cogn. ex Engl. (1895)
- Oreosyce parvifolia Cogn. (1916)
- Oreosyce subsericea (Hook.f.) A.Meeuse (1962)
- Oreosyce triangularis Cogn. (1895)
- Oreosyce villosa Cogn. (1916)
- Peponia parviflora Cogn. (1895)
- Peponium parviflorum (Cogn.) Engl. (1897)
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