Tinospora tenera

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

Name

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

Synonymy

• 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)

Distribution

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, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

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

Additional references

• 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. 

Links

• 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.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Rooivrugwonderstok
English: Red-fruited marvel-creeper

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