Gerrardanthus

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Cucurbitales

Familia: Cucurbitaceae
Tribus: Zanonieae
Genus: Gerrardanthus
Species: G. grandiflorus – G. lobatus – G. macrorhizus – G. paniculatus – G. tomentosus
Name

Gerrardanthus Harv. ex Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. PL. 1: 820, 840. (1867)

Type species: Gerrardanthus macrorhizus Harv. ex Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. PL. 1: 840. (1867)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Atheranthera Mast.

References

Hooker, J.D. (1867) Genera Plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis Kewensibus, 1: 820, 840.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Gerrardanthus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Dec. 26. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Gerrardanthus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Aug 26.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Gerrardanthus. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 26 2014.

Vernacular names
suomi: Pallojalat

Gerrardanthus is a genus of flowering plants native to tropical Africa and South Africa, first described by William Henry Harvey (1811–1866), and named in honor of William Tyrer Gerrard (died 1866 in Mahavelona, Madagascar), botanical collector in Natal and Madagascar in the 1860s.

Gerrardanthus is a perennial climber, with height up to 5 m, rising from a swollen, tuberous base with a thickness of up to 1.5 m. Stems are herbaceous but becoming woody and grey-barked as they age.

Species

Gerrardanthus aethiopicus
Gerrardanthus grandiflorus
Gerrardanthus lobatus
Gerrardanthus macrorhizus
Gerrardanthus nigericus
Gerrardanthus paniculatus
Gerrardanthus parviflorus
Gerrardanthus portentosus
Gerrardanthus tomentosus
Gerrardanthus trimenii
Gerrardanthus zenkeri

References

Aluka entry[permanent dead link]
Taxonomicon entry
Cucurbit entry
ZipcodeZoo entry
Takhtajan, A., Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants, Columbia University Press : New York, 1997.