Anredera is a genus of plants native to Latin America, the West Indies, Texas, and Florida. Some are naturalized in other regions (notably Mediterranean region and on various oceanic islands).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Most of them evergreen vines of dry scrubland and thickets. Members of the genus are commonly known as Madeira vines. At least one species, A. cordifolia, bears edible roots or tubers and leaves similar to those of Basella alba. The same species has become an invasive plant in many tropical and subtropical regions outside its natural range.
Species Accepted species:
Anredera aspera Sperling - Bolivia Anredera baselloides (Kunth) Baill. – Gulf Madeira vine - Ecuador, Peru; naturalized in Bermuda, Dominican Republic Anredera brachystachys (Moq.) Sperling - Colombia, Ecuador Anredera cordifolia (Ten.) Steenis – Heart-leaf Madeira vine - South America from Venezuela to Argentina; naturalized in Mexico, Central America, California, Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Puerto Rico, Bermuda, southern Europe, Morocco, Canary Islands, Azores, southern China, India, New Zealand, Polynesia, St. Helena, Cape Verde, Madeira Anredera densiflora Sperling - Ecuador, Peru Anredera diffusa (Moq.) Sperling - Peru Anredera floribunda (Moq.) Sperling - Colombia Anredera krapovickasii (Villa) Sperling - Bolivia, Argentina Anredera marginata (Kunth) Sperling - Ecuador, Peru, Brazil Anredera ramosa (Moq.) Eliasson - central + southern Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Galápagos Anredera tucumanensis (Lillo & Hauman) Sperling - Ecuador, Bolivia, southern Brazil, Tucumán Province of Argentina Anredera vesicaria (Lam.) Gaertn f. – Texas Madeira vine - Mexico, Central America, West Indies, Venezuela, Florida, Texas
References
External links Plants of Hawaii on Anredera cordifolia as an ornamental and invasive plant with accompanying photographs Plants For A Future database on Anredera cordifolia as food