Kadsura

Kadsura is a genus of woody vines in the Schisandraceae described as a genus in 1810.[2][3]

Kadsura
Kadsura japonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Order: Austrobaileyales
Family: Schisandraceae
Genus: Kadsura
Kaempf. ex Juss.
Type species
Kadsura japonica
Synonyms[1]
  • Sarcocarpon Blume
  • Cosbaea Lem.

Distribution

Kadsura is native to eastern, southern, and southeastern Asia from[1][4] Sri Lanka eastwards to the Philippines, and from southern Korea and Japan southwards to Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands, with the largest species diversity in China.

Species[1]
SubgenusSectionImageNameDistribution
Cosbaea (Lemaire) Y.-W. Law Kadsura coccineaS China, N Indochina
Kadsura Kadsura Kadsura indutaYunnan, Guangxi, Vietnam
Kadsura renchangianaGuangxi
Kadsura heteroclitaChina, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Borneo, Sumatra
Kadsura longipedunculataChina
Kadsura oblongifoliaGuangxi, Guangdong, Hainan
Kadsura japonicaJapan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan
Kadsura philippinensisPhilippines
Kadsura angustifoliaGuangxi, Vietnam
Sarcocarpon (Blume) A. C. Smith, Kadsura acsmithiiBorneo
Kadsura borneensisSabah
Kadsura celebicaSulawesi
Kadsura lanceolataMalaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Maluku
Kadsura marmorataBorneo, Philippines
Kadsura scandensPen Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Bali
Kadsura verrucosaLaos, Vietnam, Pen Malaysia, Sumatra, Java



formerly included[1]

now in Schisandra

  • K. chinensis - Schisandra chinensis
  • K. grandiflora - Schisandra grandiflora
  • K. propinqua - Schisandra propinqua
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References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de. 1810. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 16: 340 in Latin
  3. Tropicos, Kadsura Juss.
  4. Flora of China Vol. 7 Page 39 南五味子属 nan wu wei zi shu Kadsura Jussieu, Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 16: 340. 1810.
  • Media related to Kadsura at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Kadsura at Wikispecies


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