Apodanthera herrerae

Apodanthera herrerae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Apodanthera
Species: A. herrerae
Binomial name
Apodanthera herrerae
Harms

Apodanthera herrerae, known as Ckoto- Ckoto, is grown for its edible tuber. It originates in the Andes.[1][2][3]

References

  1. Harms, Hermann August Theodor. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 11: 770. 1933.
  2. León, B., J. Roque, C. Ulloa Ulloa, N. C. A. Pitman, P. M. Jørgensen & A. Cano E. 2006 [2007]. El Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Perú. Revista Peruana de Biologia 13(núm. 2 especial): 1s–971s.
  3. Macbride, J. F. 1937. Cucurbitaceae, Flora of Peru. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 13(6/2): 321–383.


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