Zehneria is a genus of flowering plants – of vines in the cucumber and gourd family, Cucurbitaceae. It contains about 35 species ranging from Africa, through Southeast Asia to Australia and Oceania. The name honours botanical artist Joseph Zehner. Description Zehneria species are either monoecious or dioecious, annual or perennial, climbing vines. Their leaves are simple, dentate and usually palmately lobed. Inflorescences grow on axillary racemes, with the flowers normally clustered, occasionally solitary. The fruit is fleshy, usually globose or ellipsoidal, and indehiscent. The seeds are obovate, compressed and smooth. Selected species Zehneria alba Ridl. Zehneria baueriana Endl. Zehneria bodinieri (H. Lév.) W. J. de Wilde & Duyfjes Zehneria brevirostris W. J. de Wilde & Duyfjes Zehneria capillacea (Schumacher & Thonning) Jeffrey Zehneria cunninghamii F.Muell. Zehneria ejecta F. M. Bailey Zehneria hermaphrodita W. J. de Wilde & Duyfjes Zehneria indica (Lour.) Keraudren Zehneria japonica (Thunb.) H. Y. Liu Zehneria marginata (Blume) Keraudren Zehneria marlothii (Cogn.) R. Fern. & A. Fern. Zehneria maysorensis Wight. & Arn. Zehneria microsperma Hook. f. Zehneria minutiflora (Cogn.) C. Jeffrey Zehneria mucronata (Blume) Miq. Zehneria repanda (Blume) Simmons Zehneria scabra (L.f.) Sond. Zehneria scabrella F. Muell. Zehneria sphaerosperma W. J. de Wilde & Duyfjes Zehneria tenuispica W. J. de Wilde & Duyfjes Zehneria thwaitesii (Schweinf.) C. Jeffrey Zehneria wallichii (C. B. Clarke) C. Jeffrey Gallery References Notes Sources Cucurbitaceae genera