PLANTS Profile for Bryonia dioica (Cretan bryony)

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PLANTS Profile

Bryonia dioica Jacq.
Cretan bryony

Symbol:

BRDI5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cucurbitaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb
Vine

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

More Information:

Synonyms:
Bryonia dioica Jacq.

BRCRD

Bryonia cretica L. ssp. dioica (Jacq.) Tutin

Cretan bryony

Distribution:
Bryonia dioica Jacq.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CA), CAN (MB)

Related Taxa:
Bryonia dioica Jacq.

View 34 genera in Cucurbitaceae, 3 species in Bryonia

Classification:
Bryonia dioica Jacq.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Violales
Family	Cucurbitaceae – Cucumber family
Genus	Bryonia L. – bryony
Species	Bryonia dioica Jacq. – Cretan bryony

Introduced Information:
Bryonia dioica Jacq.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Bryonia dioica Jacq.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 10/13/2008 08:54 AM MDT