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Zehneria baueriana

Zehneria baueriana
Photo: Endlicher, Stephan, Public domain
Family
Cucurbitaceae (Gourd family)
Grows as
Climber
Native range
Vanuatu to New Caledonia, Norfolk Is.
Climate
wet tropical

About

Zehneria baueriana, commonly known as the native cucumber or giant cucumber, is a species of flowering plant – a vine in the cucumber and gourd family, Cucurbitaceae. It is found on Norfolk Island, an Australian territory in the Tasman Sea, as well as in New Caledonia. The specific epithet honours Austrian botanical illustrator Ferdinand Bauer who collected on Norfolk Island in 1804 and 1805.

Other Zehneria plants

Zehneria alba · Zehneria capillacea · Zehneria maysorensis · Cape Zehn · Zehneria tridactyla · Zehneria

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Zehneria baueriana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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