| Oreosyce
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom:
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Plantae
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| Clade:
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Embryophytes
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| Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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| Clade:
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Spermatophytes
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| Clade:
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Angiosperms
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| Clade:
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Eudicots
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| Clade:
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Rosids
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| Order:
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Cucurbitales
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| Family:
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Cucurbitaceae
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| Subfamily:
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Cucurbitoideae
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| Tribe:
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Benincaseae
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| Genus:
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Oreosyce
Hook.f. (1871)
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| Species:
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O. africana
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| Binomial name
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Oreosyce africana
Hook.f. (1871)
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| Synonyms1
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- Hymenosicyos Chiov. (1911)
- Cucumis cecilii N.E.Br. (1906)
- Cucumis membranifolius Hook.f. (1871)
- Cucumis oreosyce H.Schaef. (2007)
- Cucumis parvifolius Cogn. ex Scott Elliot (1891)
- Cucumis subsericeus Hook.f. (1871)
- Hymenosicyos bequaertii (De Wild.) Harms (1924)
- Hymenosicyos membranifolius (Hook.f.) Chiov. (1911)
- Hymenosicyos parviflorus (Cogn.) Harms (1923)
- Hymenosicyos subsericeus (Hook.f.) Harms (1923)
- Hymenosicyos triangularis (Cogn.) Harms (1923)
- Hymenosicyos villosus (Cogn.) Harms (1923)
- Oreosyce bequaertii De Wild. (1921)
- Oreosyce holstii Cogn. ex Engl. (1895)
- Oreosyce parvifolia Cogn. (1916)
- Oreosyce subsericea (Hook.f.) A.Meeuse (1962)
- Oreosyce triangularis Cogn. (1895)
- Oreosyce villosa Cogn. (1916)
- Peponia parviflora Cogn. (1895)
- Peponium parviflorum (Cogn.) Engl. (1897)
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Oreosyce africana is a species of flowering plant in the cucumber family, Cucurbitaceae. It is the sole species in genus Oreosyce. It is a climber native to sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar, ranging from Bioko and Cameroon to the west to Ethiopia to the northeast and Limpopo Province of South Africa to the south.1
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