Cayratia

Genus of vines
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::summary Genus of vines ::
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Cayratia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Vitaceae. It consists of species of vine plants, typical of the tribe Cayratieae. Some of them are used by humans, and they are found in tropical and subtropical areas of Asia, Africa, Australia, and islands of the Pacific Ocean.
Within the Vitaceae, Cayratia is most closely related to Tetrastigma and Cyphostemma. As previously configured, the genus Cayratia was found not be monophyletic (for example, C. japonica was moved to Causonis being distinct from Cayratia pedata, the type species).
Species
Plants of the World Online currently includes:
- Cayratia acris (F.Muell.) Domin
- Cayratia acuminata (A.Gray) A.C.Sm.
- Cayratia albifolia C.L.Li
- Cayratia anemonifolia (Zipp. ex Miq.) Suess.
- Cayratia apoensis (Elmer) Quisumb.
- Cayratia calcicola Domin
- Cayratia cambodiana Gagnep.
- Cayratia cardiophylla Jackes
- Cayratia cardiospermoides (Planch. ex Franch.) Gagnep.
- Cayratia ceratophora Gagnep.
- Cayratia cheniana L.M.Lu & J.Wen
- Cayratia ciliifera (Merr.) Chun
- Cayratia coi J.Wen & Boggan
- Cayratia cordifolia C.Y.Wu ex C.L.Li
- Cayratia cumingiana (Turcz.) Galet
- Cayratia cuneata Domin
- Cayratia daliensis C.L.Li
- Cayratia debilis (Baker) Suess.
- Cayratia delicatula (Willems) Desc.
- Cayratia emarginata Trias-Blasi & J.Parn.
- Cayratia fugongensis C.L.Li
- Cayratia gracilis (Guill. & Perr.) Suess.
- Cayratia hayatae Gagnep.
- Cayratia ibuensis (Hook.f.) Suess.
- Cayratia imerinensis (Baker) Desc.
- Cayratia irosinensis (Elmer) Galet
- Cayratia lanceolata (C.L.Li) J.Wen & Z.D.Chen
- Cayratia lineata (Warb.) Merr. & L.M.Perry
- Cayratia longiflora Desc.
- Cayratia medoensis C.L.Li
- Cayratia megacarpa (Lauterb.) Merr. & L.M.Perry
- Cayratia melananthera Gagnep.
- Cayratia menglaensis C.L.Li
- Cayratia mollissima (Wall.) Gagnep.
- Cayratia nervosa (Planch.) Suess.
- Cayratia novemfolia (Wall. ex M.A.Lawson) Burkill ex Suess.
- Cayratia palauana (Hosok.) Suess.
- Cayratia palmata Gagnep.
- Cayratia pedata (Lam.) Gagnep. type species
- Cayratia pellita Gagnep.
- Cayratia polydactyla (Miq.) Galet
- Cayratia reticulata (M.A.Lawson) Mabb.
- Cayratia ridleyi Suess.
- Cayratia roxburghii (Planch.) Gagnep.
- Cayratia saponaria (Seem. ex Benth.) Domin
- Cayratia schumanniana (Gilg) Suess.
- Cayratia seemanniana A.C.Sm.
- Cayratia setulosa (Diels & Gilg) Suess.
- Cayratia sonneratii Gagnep.
- Cayratia thalictrifolia (Planch.) Suess.
- Cayratia timorensis (DC.) C.L.Li
- Cayratia triternata (Baker) Desc.
References
References
- Soejima, A.. (2006). "Phylogenetic analysis of the grape family (Vitaceae) based on three chloroplast markers". American Journal of Botany.
- [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331473-2 Plants of the World Online: ''Cayratia'' Juss. (retrieved 24 December 2021)]
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