Kadsura

For katsura trees, see Cercidiphyllum.

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]
SarcocarponBlume CosbaeaLem.

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

Distribution

Kadsura is native to eastern, southern, and southeastern Asia. ^[1]

• Kadsura subgenus Cosbaea(Lemaire) Y.-W. Law
  • Kadsura coccinea (southern China, northern Indochina)
• Kadsura subgenus Kadsura
  • Kadsura subgenus Kadsura section Kadsura
    • Kadsura induta (Yunnan, Guangxi, Vietnam)
    • Kadsura renchangiana (Guangxi)
    • Kadsura heteroclita (China, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Borneo, Sumatra)
    • Kadsura longipedunculata (China)
    • Kadsura oblongifolia (Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan)
    • Kadsura japonica (Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan)
    • Kadsura philippinensis (Philippines)
    • Kadsura angustifolia (Guangxi, Vietnam)
  • Kadsura subgenus Kadsura section Sarcocarpon(Blume) A. C. Smith,
    • Kadsura acsmithii (Borneo)
    • Kadsura borneensis (Sabah)
    • Kadsura celebica (Sulawesi)
    • Kadsura lanceolata (Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Maluku)
    • Kadsura marmorata (Borneo, Philippines)
    • Kadsura scandens (Pen Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Bali)
    • Kadsura verrucosa (Laos, Vietnam, Pen Malaysia, Sumatra, Java)

These species were formerly included in Kadsura but have now been moved to Schisandra ^[1]

• K. chinensis - Schisandra chinensis
• K. grandiflora - Schisandra grandiflora
• K. propinqua - Schisandra propinqua

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
2. Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de. 1810. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 16: 340 in Latin
3. Tropicos, Kadsura Juss.

External links

• Media related to Kadsura at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Kadsura at Wikispecies