Tinospora tenera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ranunculales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Ordo: Ranunculales

Familia: Menispermaceae
Subfamilia: Chasmantheroideae
Tribus: Burasaieae
Genus: Tinospora
Species: Tinospora tenera

Tinospora tenera Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 13(76): 322(–323). 1864.

Homotypic
- Desmonema tenerum (Miers) Diels, Pflanzenr. (Engler) IV. 94 (Heft 46): 154. 1910.
- Hyalosepalum tenerum (Miers) Troupin, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 19(4): 431. 1949.

Heterotypic
- Tinospora stuhlmannii Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26(3–4): 404. 1899. (as T. Stuhlmannii)

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Eastern Africa Mozambique, Tanzania Regional: Central Africa Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Swaziland, Zambia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

De Wet, H., Struwig , M. & Van Wyk, B.-E. 2016. Taxonomic notes on the genera Tiliacora and Tinospora (Menispermaceae) in southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 103: 283–294. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2015.05.030 Reference page.
Troupin, G. 1956. Menispermaceae. In Turrill, W.B. & Milne-Redhead, E. (eds.), Flora of Tropical East Africa. 32 pp. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, London. ISBN 978-1-84246-286-7 Online Reference page.
Troupin, G. 1960. 7. Menispermaceae. Pp. 150–171 in Exell, A.W. & Wild, H. (eds.), Flora Zambesiaca, Vol. 1, part 1. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, London. Online Reference page.
Troupin, G. 1962. Monographie des Menispermaceae africaines. 313 pp. (Mémoires in-8vo, Nouv. sér., Tome XIII, fasc. 2.) Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer, Classe des Sciences Naturelles et Médicales, Bruxelles. PDF (20 MB) Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Tinospora tenera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 February 31. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Tinospora tenera. Published online. Accessed: 24 August 2019.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Tinospora tenera.
Hassler, M. 2019. Tinospora tenera. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 August 24. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 20600218. 24. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: August 2019 20600218.
African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Tinospora tenera. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 24 August 2019.

Afrikaans: Rooivrugwonderstok
English: Red-fruited marvel-creeper

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