View source for Ctenolepis cerasiformis

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|accepted_name=Ctenolepis cerasiformis
|accepted_authority=(Stocks) Hooker f. in D. Oliver
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in D. Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr.
|place=2: 558. 1871
|year=1871
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Zehneria cerasiformis
|authority=Stocks
|publication_title=Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc.
|publication_place=4: 149. 1852
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Blastania cerasiformis
|authority=(Stocks) A. Meeuse
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=B. fimbristipula
|authority=Kotschy & Peyritsch
}}
|hierarchy=Cucurbitaceae;Ctenolepis;Ctenolepis cerasiformis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cucurbitaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ctenolepis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ctenolepis cerasiformis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 40
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>glabrous or subscabrous except sparsely hairy at nodes. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 1–5 cm; stipuliform bracts, suborbiculate, 6–15(–20) mm, basally clasping stem, margins stiffly spreading-ciliate; blade broadly ovate to broadly ovate-cordate or suborbiculate, usually distinctly and deeply lobed, 3.5–9 cm, lobes obovate to ovate-oblong or elliptic, base cuneate-attenuate, surfaces scabrous at least on veins and margins. <b>Floral</b> bracts 1–3 mm. <b>Peduncles</b> 2–7 mm (pistillate), 20–40 mm (staminate). <b>Flowers</b>: hypanthium 0.5–1 mm; sepals reflexed, 0.5–1 mm. <b>Fruits</b> 1.3–1.5 cm, peduncles 2.5–7 mm. <b>Seeds</b> whitish, 7.5–11 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Aug–Sep.
|habitat=Chrome ore piles
|elevation=0 m
|distribution=Md.;Africa;introduced also in Asia.
|discussion=<p><i>Ctenolepis cerasiformis</i> was collected by C. F. Reed in 1958 at temporary unloading sites for chrome ore from cargo ships in the Port of Baltimore. The plants are distinctive in their annual duration, deeply lobed leaves, foliaceous stipuliform bracts with stiffly ciliate margins, tiny white flowers, and small, few-seeded, smooth, red, berrylike fruits on relatively short peduncles.</p>
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name=Ctenolepis cerasiformis
|author=
|authority=(Stocks) Hooker f. in D. Oliver
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Blastania cerasiformis;B. fimbristipula
|basionyms=Zehneria cerasiformis
|family=Cucurbitaceae
|phenology=Flowering Aug–Sep.
|habitat=Chrome ore piles
|elevation=0 m
|distribution=Md.;Africa;introduced also in Asia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=in D. Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr.
|publication year=1871
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated;Introduced
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V6/V6_65.xml
|genus=Ctenolepis
|species=Ctenolepis cerasiformis
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