Gomphandra

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Cucurbitales

Familia: Cucurbitaceae
Tribus: Thladiantheae
Genus: Thladiantha
Species: Thladiantha dubia
Name

Thladiantha dubia Bunge, 1833.
Synonyms

Thladiantha sparsiflora E. H. L. Krause

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asie
Regional: China
China (Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, N-Sichuan)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Bunge, A. von 1833. Enumeratio Plantarum, quas in China Boreali Collegit Dr. Al. Bunge. St. Petersburg. [id: 1835. in: Mémoires présentés à l'Académie impériale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg par divers Savans et dans ses assemblées. 2: 75–148. BHL] Reference page. : 29.

Links

Hassler, M. 2020. Thladiantha dubia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jan 01. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Thladiantha dubia. Published online. Accessed: Jan 01 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Thladiantha dubia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jan 01. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Thladiantha dubia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jan 01.

Vernacular names
English: Manchu tubergourd

Thladiantha dubia, the Manchu tubergourd,[1] goldencreeper, wild potato, or (French) thladianthe douteuse, is a herbaceous perennial climbing vine of the gourd family.[2] It is native to Russia, northern China, and Korea, but has been introduced to Japan,[2] southeast Europe (Austria, Romania, Germany), the Galapagos Islands, and scattered locations in North America (Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Wisconsin).[3][4][5] It is occasionally grown as a medicinal plant, or as an ornamental in North America (the US and Canada).

Like other members of the genus, it is dioecious.[6] It grows from a tuber and spreads vegetatively by sending out underground rhizomes that produce new tubers.[4]
References

"Thladiantha dubia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
Lu, Anmin; Jeffrey, Charles. "Thladiantha dubia". Flora of China. 19 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Nesom, Guy L. (2015). "Thladiantha dubia". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 6. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Chayka, Katy; Dziuk, Peter (2016). "Thladiantha dubia (Manchu Tubergourd)". Minnesota Wildflowers.
O'Neill, Tara. "Highly invasive non-native plant found for first time in CT in Kent, officials say". News Times. Hearst CT Media. Retrieved 30 October 2021.

Lu, Anmin; Jeffrey, Charles. "Thladiantha". Flora of China. 19 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.