Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
cordifolia: with cordate (heart-shaped) leaves
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Anredera cordifolia (Ten.) Steenis Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=166080
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Twining herb with underground tubers. Stems long, much-branched, producing numerous air tubers (bulbils) in the leaf axils. Leaves thick, fleshy, ovate to lanceolate; base cordate. Racemes to 30 cm long with numerous pedicellate flowers. Perianth segments 2.5-3 mm, white, subtended by 2 bracteoles. Fruits apparently never produced, reproduction taking place vegetatively via the bulbils.
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- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Anredera cordifolia (Ten.) Steenis Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=166080
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Paraguay to southern Brazil and northern Argentina.
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- cc-by-nc
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Anredera cordifolia (Ten.) Steenis Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=166080
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
