Tinospora sinensis

Tinospora sinensis

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 sinensis

Name

Tinospora sinensis (Lour.) Merr., Sunyatsenia 1(4): 193. 1934.

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Campylus sinensis Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 1: 113. 1790.

• Heterotypic
  • Menispermum malabaricum Lam., Encycl. [J.Lamarck & al.] 4(1): 96. 1797.
  • Menispermum tomentosum Roxb., Hort. Bengal.: 72. 1814, nom. nud. (as Menispermum tomentosa)
  • Cocculus malabaricus (Lam.) DC., Syst. Nat. 1: 518. 1817. (as Cocculus Malabaricus)
  • Cocculus tomentosus Colebr., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13(1): 59(–60). 1821. – non Cocculus tomentosus Mart., Flora 24(2, Beibl.): 45]. 1841, nom. illeg. hom.
  • Menispermum tomentosum (Colebr.) Roxb., Fl. Ind. (ed. 1832) 3: 813(–814). 1832.
  • Tinospora malabarica (Lam.) Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, 7(37): 38. 1851, comb. inval.
  • Tinospora tomentosa (Colebr.) Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, 7(37): 38. 1851, comb. inval.
  • Tinospora tomentosa (Colebr.) Miers ex Hook.f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 1: 183. 1855.
  • Tinospora malabarica (Lam.) Miers ex Hook.f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 1: 183. 1855. (as T. Malabarica)
  • Tinospora malabarica var. scabridula Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 13(76): 318. 1864.
  • Tinospora malabarica var. tomentosa (Colebr.) Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 1: 39. 1893.

• Misapplied names
  • Tinospora nudiflora sensu Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 41(4): 292. 1872, p.p., basionymo excl. – non Tinospora nudiflora (Griff.) Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 41(4): 292. 1872.
  • Tinospora thorelii sensu Gagnep., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55(1): 46. 1908, p.p., quoad specimina feminea – non Tinospora thorelii Gagnep., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55(1): 46. 1908.
  • Tinospora crispa sensu Craib, Fl. Siam. 1: 63. 1925, p.p. – non Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook.f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 1: 183. 1855.
  • Tinospora cordifolia auct. – non Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers ex Hook.f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 1: 184. 1855.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-tropical Regional: Indian subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India , Nepal, Sri Lanka Regional: Indo-China Cambodia, Vietnam Regional: China China South-Central, China Southeast Regional: China Myanmar, Thailand Introduced into: Pakistan References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Merrill, E.D. & Chun, W.Y. 1934. Contributions to our knowledge of the Kwangtung Flora, II. Sunyatsenia 2(1): 3–22. Google Books (only snippets available). Google Books (another version; only snippets available). Reference page. : 1: 193

Additional references

• Chaudhary, S.A. 1999. 8. Menispermaceae. Pp. 80–83 in Flora of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Vol. 1. Ministry of Agriculture & Water, Riyad. Reference page.  (as Tinospora malabarica, cultivated species)
• Forman, L.L. 1981. A revision of Tinospora (Menispermaceae) in Asia to Australia and the Pacific. The Menispermaceae of Malesia and adjacent areas: X. Kew Bulletin 36: 375–421. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Forman, L.L. 1988. A synopsis of Thai Menispermaceae. Kew Bulletin 43: 369–407. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Forman, L.L. 1991. Menispermaceae. Pp. 300–365 in Smitinand, T. & Larsen, K. (eds.), Flora of Thailand, Vol. 5(3). The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department, Bangkok. Reference page. 
• Forman, L.L. 1995. Menispermaceae. Pp. 301–319 in Dassanayake, M.D., Fosberg, F.R. (†) & Clayton, W.D. (eds.), A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon, Vol. IX. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. Reference page. 
• Grierson, A.J.C. Family 47. Menispermaceae. Pp. 331–340 in Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. 1984. Flora of Bhutan: including a record of plants from Sikkim, Vol. 1, Part 2. Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, ISBN 0-9504270-2-0. Reference page. 
• Luo Xianrui, Chen Tao & Gilbert, M.G. 2008. Menispermaceae. Pp. 1–31 in Wu Zhengyi, Raven, P.H. & Hong Deyuan (eds.), Flora of China, Vol. 7, Menispermaceae through Capparaceae. Science Press, Beijing; Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 978-1-930723-81-8. PDF Online Reference page. 
• Pramanik, A. & Gangopadhyay, M. 1993. Menispermaceae. Pp. 308–350 in Sharma, B.D., Balakrishnan, N.P., Rao, R.R. & Hajra, P.K. (eds.), Flora of India, Vol. 1, Ranunculaceae–Barclayaceae. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta. Reference page. 
• Yamamoto, Y. 1948. On the menispermaceous plants of China. Taiwania 1: 19–68. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Tinospora sinensis 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. 2017. Tinospora sinensis. Published online. Accessed: 23 January 2017.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Tinospora sinensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2017-01-23.
• Tropicos.org 20600675. 23. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: January 2017 20600675.

Vernacular names

മലയാളം: കാട്ടമൃത്
Tiếng Việt: Dây đau xương
Vahcuengh: Gaeusongx
中文: 中华青牛胆

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