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'''''Anredera''''' is a genus of five to ten species of plants native to the [[neotropics]], most of them [[evergreen]] [[vine]]s of dry [[scrubland]] and thickets.
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Anredera (personal name). Basellàceae. A monotypic genus, allied to Boussingaultia. Vine, with fleshy sts. and lvs., tuberous- rooted: fls. small, white, in long slender mostly axillary spikes; sepals 2, broadly winged ; petals 5, not exceeding sepals; stamens 5, the filaments fattened ; stigma entire. A. scandens, Moq., is native Texas to S. Amer., and planted in Old World tropics, a much-branched vine sometimes cult, in greenhouses, with lvs. ovate and more or less acute, entire.
 
Anredera (personal name). Basellàceae. A monotypic genus, allied to Boussingaultia. Vine, with fleshy sts. and lvs., tuberous- rooted: fls. small, white, in long slender mostly axillary spikes; sepals 2, broadly winged ; petals 5, not exceeding sepals; stamens 5, the filaments fattened ; stigma entire. A. scandens, Moq., is native Texas to S. Amer., and planted in Old World tropics, a much-branched vine sometimes cult, in greenhouses, with lvs. ovate and more or less acute, entire.
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| color = lightgreen
 
| name = ''Anredera''
 
| image = Anredera_Cordifolia.jpg
 
| image_width = 230px
 
| image_caption = ''[[Anredera cordifolia]]''
 
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
 
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
 
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
 
| ordo = [[Caryophyllales]]
 
| familia = [[Basellaceae]]
 
| genus = ''Anredera''
 
| genus_authority = [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]]
 
| subdivision_ranks = Species
 
| subdivision = See text
 
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'''''Anredera''''' is a genus of five to ten species of plants native to the [[neotropics]], most of them [[evergreen]] [[vine]]s of dry [[scrubland]] and thickets.
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==Species==
 
Species include:
 
Species include:
 
* ''[[Anredera baselloides]]'' (Kunth) Baill.
 
* ''[[Anredera baselloides]]'' (Kunth) Baill.
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At least one species, ''A. cordifolia'' bears edible [[root]]s or [[tuber]]s and [[leaf|leaves]] similar to those of ''[[Basella alba]]''.
 
At least one species, ''A. cordifolia'' bears edible [[root]]s or [[tuber]]s and [[leaf|leaves]] similar to those of ''[[Basella alba]]''.
  
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* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=101968 Anredera in the ''Flora of North America'']
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* [http://www.hear.org/starr/hiplants/reports/html/anredera_cordifolia.htm Plants of Hawai'i] on ''Anredera cordifolia'' as an ornamental and invasive plant with accompanying [http://www.hear.org/starr/hiplants/images/thumbnails/html/anredera_cordifolia.htm photographs]
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* [http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Anredera+cordifolia Plants For A Future database on ''Anredera cordifolia'' as food]
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
  
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Anredera cordifolia


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Anredera is a genus of five to ten species of plants native to the neotropics, most of them evergreen vines of dry scrubland and thickets.


Read about Anredera in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Anredera (personal name). Basellàceae. A monotypic genus, allied to Boussingaultia. Vine, with fleshy sts. and lvs., tuberous- rooted: fls. small, white, in long slender mostly axillary spikes; sepals 2, broadly winged ; petals 5, not exceeding sepals; stamens 5, the filaments fattened ; stigma entire. A. scandens, Moq., is native Texas to S. Amer., and planted in Old World tropics, a much-branched vine sometimes cult, in greenhouses, with lvs. ovate and more or less acute, entire.


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Cultivation

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Species

Species include:

At least one species, A. cordifolia bears edible roots or tubers and leaves similar to those of Basella alba.

Gallery

References

External links