''Causonis'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s belonging to the family
Vitaceae
The Vitaceae are a family of flowering plants, with 14 genera and around 910 known species, including common plants such as grapevines (''Vitis'' spp.) and Virginia creeper (''Parthenocissus quinquefolia''). The family name is derived from the ge ...
;
it is now placed in the
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...
Cayratieae
The Cayratieae is one of five tribes of vine plants that are now recognised in this subfamily Vitoideae.Wen J, Lu LM, Nie ZI, Liu XQ, Zhang N, Ickert‐Bond S, Gerrath J, Manchester SR, Boggan J, Chen ZD (2018) A new phylogenetic tribal classifi ...
.
Its native range is Tropical and Subtropical Asia to Southwestern Pacific.
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Species
''Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It was launched in March 2017 with the ultimate aim being "to enable users to access information on all the world's known seed-bearing plants by ...
'' currently includes:[
# '' Causonis clematidea'' (F.Muell.) Jackes
# '' Causonis corniculata'' (Benth.) J.Wen & L.M.Lu
# '' Causonis eurynema'' (B.L.Burtt) Jackes
# '' Causonis japonica'' (Thunb.) Raf. - type species
# '' Causonis maritima'' (Jackes) Jackes
# '' Causonis pterita'' (Merr.) J.Wen & L.M.Lu
# '' Causonis trifolia'' (L.) Mabb. & J.Wen
]
References
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Vitaceae
Vitaceae genera