Common name
English: Cretan Bryony
German: Rotbeerige Zaunrübe
Portuguese: Briónia-branca
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2616)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2519)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2128)
Order: Cucurbitales (25)
Family: Cucurbitaceae (25)(family description)
Genus: Bryonia (1)
Epithet: cretica Jacq. (2)
Subspecies: dioica (Jacq.) Tutin
Synonym: Bryonia dioica Jacq.
cretica => from the island of Crete in the Mediterranean
dioica => having stamens and pistils in separate flowers on different plants
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: green, white