Anredera

Taxobox
name = "Anredera"

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image_width = 230px
image_caption = "Anredera cordifolia"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Basellaceae
genus = "Anredera"
genus_authority = Juss.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text

"Anredera" is a genus of five to ten species of plants native to the neotropics, most of them evergreen vines of dry scrubland and thickets.Species include:
* "Anredera baselloides" (Kunth) Baill.
* "Anredera cordifolia" (Ten.) Steenis
* "Anredera spicata" J. F. Gmelin
* "Anredera vesicaria" (Lam.) Gaertn f.

At least one species, "A. cordifolia" bears edible roots or tubers and leaves similar to those of "Basella alba".

External links

* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=101968 Anredera in the "Flora of North America"]
* [http://www.hear.org/starr/hiplants/reports/html/anredera_cordifolia.htm Plants of Hawai'i] on "Anredera cordifolia" as an ornamental and invasive plant with accompanying [http://www.hear.org/starr/hiplants/images/thumbnails/html/anredera_cordifolia.htm photographs]
* [http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Anredera+cordifolia Plants For A Future database on "Anredera cordifolia" as food]