Gerrardanthus

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
Gerrardanthus macrorhizus.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Tribe: Zanonieae
Genus: Gerrardanthus
Harv. ex Benth. & Hook.f.
Species

See text

Synonyms

Atheranthera Mast.

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

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