Apodanthera mandonii

Apodanthera mandonii, known as ckoto-ckoto, is grown for its edible tuber.[3][4] It is native to the Andes, ranging from Ecuador (Chimborazo Province) to Peru and Bolivia.[1]

Apodanthera mandonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Apodanthera
Species:
A. mandonii
Binomial name
Apodanthera mandonii
Cogn. (1876)
Synonyms[1]
  • Apodanthera herrerae Harms (1933)[2]
  • Apodanthera mandonii var. canescens Cogn. (1876)
  • Apodanthera mandonii var. dissecta Cogn. (1876)
  • Apodanthera moqueguana Mart.Crov. (1956)

References
  1. Apodanthera mandonii Cogn. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  2. Harms, Hermann August Theodor. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 11: 770. 1933.
  3. 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.
  4. 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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