Stephania

Stephania japonica var. discolor

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Menispermaceae
Subfamilia: Menispermoideae
Tribus: Cissampelideae
Genus: Stephania

Overview of species

Accepted species

S. abyssinica – S. andamanica – S. bancroftii – S. brachyandra – S. brevipedunculata – S. brevipes – S. cambodica – S. capitata – S. cephalantha – S. chingtungensis – S. corymbosa – S. crebra – S. cyanantha – S. delavayi – S. dentifolia – S. dicentrinifera – S. dictyoneura – S. dielsiana – S. dinklagei – S. dolichopoda – S. ebracteata – S. elegans – S. epigaea – S. excentrica – S. formanii – S. glandulifera – S. gracilenta – S. grandiflora – S. hainanensis – S. herbacea – S. intermedia – S. japonica – S. kaweesakii – S. kuinanensis – S. kwangsiensis – S. lincangensis – S. longa – S. longipes – S. macrantha – S. mashanica – S. merrillii – S. micrantha – S. mildbraedii – S. miyiensis – S. moluccana – S. montana – S. neoguineensis – S. novenanthera – S. oblata – S. officinarum – S. papillosa – S. pierrei – S. psilophylla – S. renifolia – S. reticulata – S. rotunda – S. salomonum – S. sinica – S. suberosa – S. subpeltata – S. succifera – S. sutchuenensis – S. tetrandra – S. tomentella – S. tuberosa – S. venosa – S. viridiflavens – S. wightii – S. yunnanensis – S. zippeliana

Source(s) of checklist:
List based on accepted species according to Hul et al. (2017).

Name

Stephania Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 2: 598, 608(–609). 1790.

• Type species: Stephania rotunda Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 2: 608. 1790. – Lectotype designated by Phillips (1951), p. 335.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Stenaphia Lour. ex A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 9. 1847, sphalm.

• Heterotypic
  • Byrsa Noronha in Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 1 (1790), nom. nud.
  • Clypea Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1: 26. 1825.
    • Type species: Clypea discolor Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1: 26. 1825. – Lectotype designated by Hul et al. (2017), p. 102.
  • Ileocarpus Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, 7(37): 36, 40. 1851, nom. nud.? – Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 14(83): 372(–373). 1864.
    • Type species: Ileocarpus schimperi Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 14(83): 373. 1864.
  • Homocnemia Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, 7(37): 36, 40. 1851, nom. nud.? – Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 14(83): 373(–374). 1864.

Homonyms

• Stephania Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 2(1): 239. 1799, nom. illeg. hom.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical Old World Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Marquesas, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tonga, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Loureiro, J. de. 1790. Flora Cochinchinensis: sistens plantas in regno Cochinchina nascentes. Quibus accedunt aliae observatae in Sinensi Imperio, Africa orientali, Indiaeque locis variis. Omnes dispositae secundum systema sexuale linnaeanum. Tomus I. Pp. I–XX, 1–353. Typis, et expensis academicis, Ulyssipone [Lisbon]. BHL Reference page. : 598, 608(–609)

Additional references

• Andrews, F.W. 1950. 12. Menispermaceae. Pp. 15–19 in The flowering plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Vol. 1, Cycadaceae–Tiliaceae. T. Buncle & Co. Ltd., Arbroath, Scotland. PDF Reference page. 
• Essou, J.-P. 2006. Menispermaceae Juss. Pp. 798–803 in Akoègninou, A., Van der Burg, W.J. & Van der Maesen, L.J.G. (chief eds.), Flore analytique du Bénin. Backhuys Publishers, Cotonou & Wageningen. ISBN 90-5782-181-8. Reference page. 
• Exell, A.W. & Mendonça, F.A. 1937. 4 — Menispermaceae. Pp. 32–45 in Conspectus Florae Angolensis, Vol. 1, Fasc. 1, Ranunculaceae–Malvaceae. Ministério do Ultramar, Lisboa. Online Reference page. 
• Forman, L.L. 1956. The Menispermaceae of Malesia: I. Kew Bulletin 11: 41–69. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Forman, L.L. 1986. Menispermaceae. Pp. 157–253 in Van Steenis, C.G.G.J. & De Wilde, W.J.J.O. (eds.), Flora Malesiana, Ser. I, Vol. 10(2). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. BHL. 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. 
• Forman, L. 1998. Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie 22(1). Menispermaceae. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Pp. 3–24. ISBN 2-85654-209-3. PDF BHL Reference page. 
• Forman, L.L. (†). 2007. Menispermaceae. Pp. 362–386 in Flora of Australia, Vol. 2, Winteraceae to Platanaceae. Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS), Canberra; CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne. ISBN 978-0-643-05967-2 (hard cover)/ISBN 978-0-643-05968-9 (soft cover). Online. 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. 
• Hul, S., Dary, C., Jacques, F., Ollivier, E., Bun, S.-S., Cheng, S.K., Kim, S., Peou, Y. & Jabbour, F. 2017. The world checklist of Stephania (Menispermaceae), with notes on types. Phytotaxa 298: 101–118. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.298.2.1 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. 
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Fam. 93. Menispermaceae. Pp. 465–466 in Flora of Japan (translated by F.G. Meyer & E.M. Walker). Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. BHL Reference page. 
• Phillips, E.P. 1951. The genera of South African flowering plants. 2^nd ed. [Botanical Survey of South Africa, Memoir 25]. 923 pp. Government Printer, Pretoria. Internet ArchiveReference 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. 
• Troupin, G. 1951. 34. Menispermaceae. Pp. 202–255 in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, Vol. 2. Institut National pour l'Étude Agronomique du Congo Belge, Bruxelles [Brussels]. 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. 1959. Contribution a l'étude monographique des Menispermaceae africaines IV. Menispermaceae du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi. Bulletin du Jardin botanique de l'État a Bruxelles 29: 213–226. JSTOR 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.  (including Perichasma)
• Troupin, G. & Keay, R.W.J. 1954. 12. Menispermaceae. Pp. 66–77 in Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J., Flora of West Tropical Africa, 2nd ed., Vol. 1(1). Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, London. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Stephania in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 February 04. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Stephania. Published online. Accessed: 28 January 2017.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Clypea in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2017 January 28.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Homocnemia in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2017 January 28.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Ileocarpus in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2017 January 28.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Stephania in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2017 January 28.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Stephania in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2017-01-28.
• Tropicos.org 40005710. 28. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: January 2017 40005710.
• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Stephania. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 28 January 2017.

Vernacular names

مصرى: ستيفانيا
azərbaycanca: Stefaniya
беларуская: Стефания
فارسی: استفانیا
suomi: Mukulaköynnökset
русский: Стефания
ไทย: สกุลสบู่เลือด ç
українська: Стефанія
中文: 千金藤属

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