Ampelosicyos
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| Ampelosicyos | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Genus: | Ampelosicyos Thouars |
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Ampelosicyos is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.[1]
It is native to Madagascar.[1]
The genus name of Ampelosicyos is in honour of Ampelos, who was the personification of the grapevine and lover of Dionysus in Greek and Roman mythology.[2] It was first described and published in Hist. Vég. Îsles Austral. Afriq. on page 68 in 1808.[1]