''Gerrardanthus'' is a

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of flowering plants native to tropical

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, first described by William Henry Harvey (1811–1866), and named in honor of

William Tyrer Gerrard William Tyrer Gerrard (1831 – 9 July 1866) was an English botanical collector in Natal and Madagascar in the 1860s. The genus ''Gerrardanthus'' is named in his honor. Gerrard was born in Knowsley, Merseyside, England, and died at age 34 of y ...

(died 1866 in Mahavelona,

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), botanical collector in Natal and

in the 1860s. ''Gerrardanthus'' is a perennial climber, with height up to 5 m, rising from a swollen, tuberous base with a thickness of up to 1.5 m. Stems are herbaceous but becoming woody and grey-barked as they age.

Species

* '' Gerrardanthus aethiopicus'' * '' Gerrardanthus grandiflorus'' * '' Gerrardanthus lobatus'' * '' Gerrardanthus macrorhizus'' * '' Gerrardanthus nigericus'' * '' Gerrardanthus paniculatus'' * '' Gerrardanthus parviflorus'' * '' Gerrardanthus portentosus'' * '' Gerrardanthus tomentosus'' * '' Gerrardanthus trimenii'' * '' Gerrardanthus zenkeri''

References

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* Takhtajan, A., ''Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants'', Columbia University Press : New York, 1997. {{Taxonbar, from=Q5236322 Cucurbitaceae genera Cucurbitaceae Taxa named by Joseph Dalton Hooker