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]
Sarcocarpon Blume Cosbaea Lem.

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 from^[1][4] Sri Lanka eastwards to the Philippines, and from southern Korea and Japan southwards to Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands, with the largest species diversity in China.

• 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

External links

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