Apodanthera mandonii
Apodanthera mandonii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Cucurbitales |
Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
Genus: | Apodanthera |
Species: | A. mandonii |
Binomial name | |
Apodanthera mandonii Cogn. (1876) | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Apodanthera mandonii, known as ckoto-ckoto, is grown for its edible tuber.[3][4] It is native to the Andes, ranging from Ecuador (Chimborazo Province) to Peru and Bolivia.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Harms, Hermann August Theodor. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 11: 770. 1933.
- ^ a b Apodanthera mandonii Cogn. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ León, B., J. Roque, C. Ulloa Ulloa, N. C. A. Pitman, P. M. Jørgensen & A. Cano E. 2006 [2007]. El Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Perú. Revista Peruana de Biologia 13(núm. 2 especial): 1s–971s.
- ^ Macbride, J. F. 1937. Cucurbitaceae, Flora of Peru. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 13(6/2): 321–383.