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Kingdom
  
Family
  
Tribe
  
Benincaseae

Scientific name
  
Bryonia

Rank
  
Genus

Order
  
Subfamily
  
Subtribe
  
Benincasinae

Higher classification
  
Cucurbits

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Lower classifications
  
Bryonia dioica, Bryonia alba

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Bryonia is a genus of flowering plant in the gourd family. Bryony /ˈbr.əni/ is its best-known common name. They are native to western Eurasia and adjacent regions, such as North Africa, the Canary Islands and South Asia.

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Description and ecology

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Bryonies are perennial, tendril-climbing, diclinous or dioecious herbs with palmately lobed leaves and flowers in axillary clusters. The fruit is a smooth, globular berry.

The only English species, B. dioica (white bryony), grows in hedgerows as far north as Yorkshire.

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Bryonia is used as a food plant by the larvae of some Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), including the tortrix moth Phtheochroa rugosana (recorded on red bryony, B. dioica) and the Cabbage Moth (Mamestra brassicae).

Use by humans

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Bryonies are occasionally grown in gardens, sometimes accidentally, sometimes deliberately so. Some species find use in herbal medicine. Generally however, these plants are poisonous, some highly so, and may be fatal if ingested. Cucurbitacin glycosides are primarily responsible for the plants' bitterness and emetic effects.

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Variants of the plants' name, such as Briony, Bryonie and Bryony, are used in some cultures as female given names. They were quite popular in the 18th century.

The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom named two ships HMS Bryony after the plant.

Species

Twelve species are presently accepted by the USDA: Ten of these are supported in a molecular-phylogenetic analysis:

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  • Bryonia acuta Desf. (formerly sometimes included in B. cretica)
  • Bryonia alba L. – white bryony
  • Bryonia aspera Steven ex Ledeb.
  • Bryonia cretica L. – Cretan bryony
  • Bryonia dioica Jacq. – white or red bryony (formerly sometimes included in B. cretica)
  • Bryonia lappifolia Vassilcz.
  • Bryonia marmorata E.M.A.Petit
  • Bryonia melanocarpa Nabiev
  • Bryonia monoica Aitch. & Hemsl.
  • Bryonia multiflora Boiss. & Heldr.
  • Bryonia syriaca Boiss.
  • Bryonia verrucosa Aiton
  • Formerly placed here

  • Many species of Cayaponia ("American bryonies")
  • Several species of Cucumis, Solena and Zehneria
  • Coccinia abyssinica
  • Corallocarpus epigaeus
  • Diplocyclos palmatus
  • Kedrostis africana
  • Melothria pendula (as B. guadalupensis)
  • Trichosanthes ovigera (as B. cucumeroides)
  • References

    Bryonia Wikipedia


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