Cnestis polyphylla

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Oxalidales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Oxalidales

Cnestis polyphylla Lam., Encycl. 3(1): 23. 1789.

Heterotypic
- Cnestis boiviniana Baill., Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris i. 346. 1882, nom. nud.
- Cnestis boiviniana Baill. ex G.Schellenb. in Engl., Pflanzenreich 103 (Connarac.): 39. 1938.
- Cnestis borboniensis Raeusch., Nom. ed. 3: 132. 1797.
- Cnestis bullata (Baill.) Baill., Hist. Pl., Atlas: t. 17. 1886.
- Cnestis glabra Lam., Encycl. 3(1): 28. 1789.
- Cnestis lurida Baill., Adansonia 7: 244. 1867.
- Cnestis madagascariensis Raeusch., Nom. ed. 3: 132. 1797.
- Cnestis natalensis (Hochst.) Planch. & Sond. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 1: 528. 1860.
- Cnestis polyphylla var. bullata Baill., Adansonia 7: 243. 1867.
- Cnestis scandens J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13(bis). 2(1): 729. 1791.
- Fagarastrum natalense (Hochst.) Walp., Repert. Bot. Syst. 4: 413. 1847.
- Omphalobium discolor Sond., Linnaea 23: 24. 1850.
- Sarmienta cauliflora Sieber, Fl. Maurit. 2: n. 285, nom. nud.
- Zanthoxylum natalense Hochst., Flora 27: 304. 1844.

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Mozambique, Zimbabwe
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces (Eastern Cape), KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces (Mpumalanga, Northern Province)
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion, Rodrigues.

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International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cnestis polyphylla. Published online. Accessed: November 01 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Cnestis polyphylla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 November 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cnestis polyphylla in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

English: Itch-pod