View source for Anredera ← Anredera You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Anredera |accepted_authority=Jussieu |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Gen. Pl., |place=84. 1789 |year=1789 }} |common_names=Madeira-vine |basionyms= |synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym |name=Boussingaultia |authority=Kunth }} |hierarchy=Basellaceae;Anredera |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Basellaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Anredera]]</div></div> |etymology=for Anreder, about whom nothing else is known |volume=Volume 4 |mention_page=page 505 |treatment_page=page 506 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="root texture;root size or width;root texture"><b>Roots </b>fibrous or tuberous-thickened, fleshy.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem growth form or texture;stem shape;stem diameter"><b>Stems </b>herbaceous, not ridged, to 3 cm diam.;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="epidermis architecture or pubescence;epidermis relief">epidermis scaly and exfoliating with age;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="tuber location;tuber position;tuber position;tuber count">aerial tubers axillary, basal, or absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf architecture;leaf architecture;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>petiolate to subsessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;base shape;base shape;base shape;base shape;margin architecture or shape;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape">blade orbicular to elliptic, ovate, or cordate, base cuneate to truncate or cordate, margins entire, apex acute to acuminate or obtuse.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inflorescence development;inflorescence position;inflorescence position;inflorescence arrangement;inflorescence arrangement"><b>Inflorescences </b>indeterminate, axillary or terminal, racemose or clusters of racemes;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="bract duration;bract duration;bract fusion;bract fusion;bract texture;bract texture;bract texture">bracts persistent or deciduous, connate or distinct, membranous to succulent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower reproduction;flower odor;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>bisexual or functionally unisexual, fragrant, pedicellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="sepal fusion;sepal fusion;sepal shape;sepal shape;sepal shape;sepal shape;sepal shape;sepal shape;sepal shape;sepal shape;sepal shape;sepal shape;sepal shape;sepal shape;sepal fusion;apex shape;apex shape">sepals distinct or basally connate, adaxially rounded to keeled, elliptic to ovate or obovate, basally adnate to petals, apex acute or obtuse;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="petal count;petal fusion;petal orientation;petal orientation;petal orientation;petal orientation">petals 5, distinct ± to base, erect to spreading or reflexed at anthesis;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="petal arrangement">stamens opposite petals;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="filament orientation;filament shape;filament shape">filaments recurved in bud, flattened and proximally dilated;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="anther fixation;anther dehiscence">anthers versatile, dehiscence longitudinal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="pollen architecture;pollen shape">pollen pantoporate, spheric;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="pistil shape;pistil shape;pistil shape">pistils globose to ovoid;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="stigma shape;stigma shape;stigma shape;stigma shape">stigmas clavate to capitate or 2-lobed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="perianth duration;perianth condition or texture"><b>Utricles </b>partly to completely enclosed in persistent, dry perianth, wing or not.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>erect, laterally flattened to nearly globose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="seed orientation;seed shape;seed shape;seed shape;x chromosome count">x = 12.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America;West Indies;Central America;South America;introduced in Eurasia;Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia. |discussion=<p>Species 12 (2 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Anredera cordifolia (Tenore) Steenis has been shown to have anti-inflammatory, anti-ulcer, and liver-protective effects in rats (as Boussingaultia gracilis; Lin C. C. et al. 1994; Lin W. C. et al. 1995, 1996). Anredera vesicaria (Lamarck) Gaertner has been used in Mexico to treat broken bones and flesh wounds (as A. scandens; R. Mata 1993).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Larger leaves proximal to inflorescence cordate at base; pedicel bracts basally connate, per- sisting at apex of pedicel; sepals not winged in fruit; axillary tubers often produced |[[Anredera cordifolia|Anredera cordifolia]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Larger leaves proximal to inflorescence tapering at base; pedicel bracts distinct, deciduous; sepals winged in fruit; without axillary tubers |[[Anredera vesicaria|Anredera vesicaria]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Anredera |author= |authority=Jussieu |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms=Boussingaultia |basionyms= |family=Basellaceae |distribution=North America;West Indies;Central America;South America;introduced in Eurasia;Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia. |reference=None |publication title=Gen. Pl., |publication year=1789 |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/287ef3db526bd807d435a3c7423ef2df1e951227/V4/V4_1029.xml |genus=Anredera |anther dehiscence=longitudinal |anther fixation=versatile |apex shape=obtuse;acute;acute;acuminate or obtuse |base shape=cuneate;truncate or cordate |blade shape=orbicular;elliptic ovate or cordate |bract duration=deciduous;persistent |bract fusion=distinct;connate |bract texture=membranous;succulent |epidermis architecture or pubescence=scaly |epidermis relief=exfoliating |filament orientation=recurved |filament shape=dilated;flattened |flower architecture=pedicellate |flower odor=fragrant |flower reproduction=unisexual;bisexual |inflorescence arrangement=clusters;racemose |inflorescence development=indeterminate |inflorescence position=terminal;axillary |leaf architecture=petiolate;subsessile |margin architecture or shape=entire |perianth condition or texture=dry |perianth duration=persistent |petal arrangement=opposite |petal count=5 |petal fusion=distinct |petal orientation=erect;spreading or reflexed |pistil shape=globose;ovoid |pollen architecture=pantoporate |pollen shape=spheric |root size or width=tuberous-thickened |root texture=fleshy;fibrous |seed orientation=erect |seed shape=laterally flattened;nearly globose |sepal fusion=adnate;connate;distinct |sepal shape=adaxially rounded;keeled elliptic |stem diameter=0cm;3cm |stem growth form or texture=herbaceous |stem shape=not ridged |stigma shape=clavate;capitate or 2-lobed |tuber count=absent |tuber location=aerial |tuber position=basal;axillary |x chromosome count=12 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Basellaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Basellaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/ID/Synonym (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Anredera.