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|familia=Cucurbitaceae
|genus=Bryonia
|genus=Bryonia
|taxo_author=L.
|common_name=Bryony
|habit=herbaceous
|lifespan=perennial
|Temp Metric=°F
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|image_caption=Bryonia alba (white briony)
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:This article is for plants in genus ''Bryonia.'' See also [[Black Bryony]] and [[White Bryony]].
'''Bryony''' ({{pronEng|ˈbraɪəni}} or {{IPA|/ˈbriːəni/}}) is the common name for any of twelve species in the genus '''''Bryonia'''''. These are [[perennial plant|perennial]], tendril-[[vine|climbing]], dioecious [[herb]]s with palmately lobed leaves and [[flower]]s in axillary clusters. The [[fruit]] is a smooth, globular [[berry]].
The [[England|English]] species ''Bryonia alba'' is known as white bryony and grows in hedgerows as far north as [[Yorkshire]]. There are eight varieties established in [[Europe]].
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Bryonia (Greek, to sprout, referring to the annual growth from the tuber). Cucurbitaceae. Herbaceous perennial climbers.
Bryonia (Greek, to sprout, referring to the annual growth from the tuber). Cucurbitaceae. Herbaceous perennial climbers.
A genus of 12 species of perennial cucurbits, native of Eu. and W. Asia. They are herbaceous from a tuberous root, with staminate fls. in racemes, while Bryonopsis is an annual plant, with the staminate fls. in fascicles. All species of Bryonia are dioecious except B. alba. Bryonopsis is monoecious. See Cogniaux, in DC. Mon. Phan. 2:469.
A genus of 12 species of perennial cucurbits, native of Eu. and W. Asia. They are herbaceous from a tuberous root, with staminate fls. in racemes, while Bryonopsis is an annual plant, with the staminate fls. in fascicles. All species of Bryonia are dioecious except B. alba. Bryonopsis is monoecious. See Cogniaux, in DC. Mon. Phan. 2:469.
B. laciniosa, Linn.- Bryonopsis laciniosa.
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==Varieties==
==Species==
12, including:
* [[White_Bryony|''B. alba'']] (White Bryony)
* ''B. cretica'' (Cretan Bryony), ''B. cretica ssp. dioica''
==Gallery==
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Image:White bryony male close 800.jpg|A close-up view of the male flowers of white bryony.
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