Species Bryonia

the toxic berries of red bryony (b. dioica)

twelve species presently accepted usda: ten of these supported in molecular-phylogenetic analysis:

bryonia acuta desf. (formerly included in b. cretica)
bryonia alba l. – white bryony
bryonia aspera steven ex ledeb.
bryonia cretica l. – cretan bryony
bryonia dioica jacq. – white or red bryony (formerly included in b. cretica)
bryonia lappifolia vassilcz.
bryonia marmorata e.m.a.petit
bryonia melanocarpa nabiev
bryonia monoica aitch. & hemsl.
bryonia multiflora boiss. & heldr.
bryonia syriaca boiss.
bryonia verrucosa aiton

formerly placed here

many species of cayaponia ( american bryonies )
several species of cucumis, solena , zehneria
coccinia abyssinica
corallocarpus epigaeus
diplocyclos palmatus
kedrostis africana
melothria pendula (as b. guadalupensis)
trichosanthes ovigera (as b. cucumeroides)




^ usda (2009)
^ volz , renner (2009)