Taxonomic notes on the genera Tiliacora and Tinospora (Menispermaceae) in southern Africa

H. De Wet; M. Struwig; B. E. Van Wyk

doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2015.05.030

Taxonomic notes on the genera Tiliacora and Tinospora (Menispermaceae) in southern Africa

H. De Wet, M. Struwig, B. E. Van Wyk

Botany and Plant Biotechnology

University of Zululand

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Abstract

A review of the genera Tiliacora and Tinospora in southern Africa is presented. One species of Tiliacora (Tiliacora funifera) and three species of Tinospora (Tinospora caffra, Tinospora fragosa and Tinospora tenera) occur in this region. Synonymies, formal descriptions, distribution data and notes on the ecology and known traditional uses of the species in southern Africa are provided as well as a key to distinguish the species of Tinospora. Tiliacora funifera is a liana with dark green, ovate leaves and ellipsoidal drupes, whereas the Tinospora species are lianas with cordate leaves on slender petioles and roundish, fleshy drupes. The three Tinospora species in southern Africa differ especially in the shape of the leaf base and the coalescence of the filaments.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	283-294
Number of pages	12
Journal	South African Journal of Botany
Volume	103
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2015.05.030
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2016

Keywords

Anomospermeae
Lianas
Southern Africa
Tiliacora funifera
Tinospora caffra
Tinospora fragosa
Tinospora tennera
Tinosporeae

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Plant Science

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