Taxon:  Zehneria japonica (Thunb.) H. Y. Liu



Summary
Genus:
Zehneria
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
466491
Place of publication:
Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Taichung 1:40.  1989
Verified:
03/20/2013 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Bryonia japonica Thunb.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Melothria indica Lour.
Neoachmandra indica (Lour.) W. J. de Wilde & Duyfjes
Zehneria indica (Lour.) Keraudren

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. De Wilde, W. J. J. O. & B. E. E. Duyfjes. 2006. Redefinition of Zehneria and four new related genera (Cucurbitaceae), with an enumeration of the Australasian and Pacific species. Blumea 51:22.
  2. Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
  3. Renner, S. S. & A. K. Pandey. 2013. The Cucurbitaceae of India: accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequences. PhytoKeys 20:100-101.
  4. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaAnhui Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaFujian Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHubei Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHunan Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangsu Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangxi Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaZhejiang Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHonshu Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanKyushu Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanShikoku Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea, South Cheju-doWu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaArunachal Pradesh Chakravarty, H. L. 1982. Cucurbitaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 11:82. Note: = Melothria leucocarpa (Blume) Cogn.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAssam Chakravarty, H. L. 1982. Cucurbitaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 11:82. Note: = Melothria leucocarpa (Blume) Cogn.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaBihar Chakravarty, H. L. 1982. Cucurbitaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 11:82. Note: = Melothria leucocarpa (Blume) Cogn.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaHimachal Pradesh Chakravarty, H. L. 1982. Cucurbitaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 11:82. Note: = Melothria leucocarpa (Blume) Cogn.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMeghalaya Chakravarty, H. L. 1982. Cucurbitaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 11:82. Note: = Melothria leucocarpa (Blume) Cogn.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaNagaland Chakravarty, H. L. 1982. Cucurbitaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 11:82. Note: = Melothria leucocarpa (Blume) Cogn.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaPunjab Chakravarty, H. L. 1982. Cucurbitaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 11:82. Note: = Melothria leucocarpa (Blume) Cogn.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaSikkim Chakravarty, H. L. 1982. Cucurbitaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 11:82. Note: = Melothria leucocarpa (Blume) Cogn.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaUttar Pradesh Chakravarty, H. L. 1982. Cucurbitaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 11:82. Note: = Melothria leucocarpa (Blume) Cogn.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaWest Bengal Chakravarty, H. L. 1982. Cucurbitaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 11:82. Note: = Melothria leucocarpa (Blume) Cogn.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaJawa De Wilde, W. J. J. O. & B. E. E. Duyfjes. 2006. Redefinition of Zehneria and four new related genera (Cucurbitaceae), with an enumeration of the Australasian and Pacific species. Blumea 51:1-88.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaKalimantan De Wilde, W. J. J. O. & B. E. E. Duyfjes. 2006. Redefinition of Zehneria and four new related genera (Cucurbitaceae), with an enumeration of the Australasian and Pacific species. Blumea 51:1-88.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysiaSabah De Wilde, W. J. J. O. & B. E. E. Duyfjes. 2006. Redefinition of Zehneria and four new related genera (Cucurbitaceae), with an enumeration of the Australasian and Pacific species. Blumea 51:1-88.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysiaSarawak De Wilde, W. J. J. O. & B. E. E. Duyfjes. 2006. Redefinition of Zehneria and four new related genera (Cucurbitaceae), with an enumeration of the Australasian and Pacific species. Blumea 51:1-88.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Anhui Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Guizhou Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Jiangsu Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku], Korea, South (Cheju-do), Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Punjab, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal], Nepal
  • INDO-CHINA: Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Jawa, Kalimantan], Malaysia [Sabah, Sarawak], Philippines

Reference(s)
  1. Chakravarty, H. L. 1982. Cucurbitaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 11:82. Note: = Melothria leucocarpa (Blume) Cogn.
  2. De Wilde, W. J. J. O. & B. E. E. Duyfjes. 2006. Redefinition of Zehneria and four new related genera (Cucurbitaceae), with an enumeration of the Australasian and Pacific species. Blumea 51:1-88.
  3. Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
  4. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=466491. Accessed 15 April 2026.