''Kadsura'' is a genus of woody vines in the
Schisandraceae
Schisandraceae is a family of flowering plants with 3 known genera and a total of 92 known species. Such a family has been recognized by most taxonomists, at least for the past several decades. Before that, the plants concerned were assigned to f ...
described as a genus in 1810.
Distribution
''Kadsura'' is native to eastern, southern, and southeastern
Asia
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from
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/ref>Flora of China Vol. 7 Page 39 南五味子属 nan wu wei zi shu ''Kadsura'' Jussieu, Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 16: 340. 1810.
/ref> 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
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)
*''Kadsura'' subgenus ''Kadsura''
**''Kadsura'' subgenus ''Kadsura'' section ''Kadsura''
***'' Kadsura induta'' (Yunnan
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, Guangxi
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, Vietnam
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)
***'' Kadsura renchangiana'' (Guangxi)
***'' Kadsura heteroclita'' (China, Indian Subcontinent
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, Indochina, Borneo
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, Sumatra
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)
***''Kadsura longipedunculata
''Kadsura longipedunculata'', also known as the Chinese Kadsura Vine, is a fruit bearing monoecious wild evergreen climbing shrub, that is native to Eastern Asia, Western China and Southern China.'' ''This rare and unknown flower is often used for ...
'' (China)
***'' Kadsura oblongifolia'' (Guangxi, Guangdong
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, Hainan
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)
***''Kadsura japonica
''Kadsura japonica'', commonly known as the kadsura vine or simply kadsura, is a plant species native to Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū and the Ryukyu Islands) in woodlands. The larvae of the moth '' Caloptilia kadsurae'' feed on ''K. japonica'' in the ...
'' (Japan
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, Korea
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, Nansei-shoto
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, Taiwan
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)
***'' Kadsura philippinensis'' (Philippines
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)
***''Kadsura angustifolia
''Kadsura'' is a genus of woody vines in the Schisandraceae described as a genus in 1810.
Distribution
''Kadsura'' is native to eastern, southern, and southeastern Asia from Sri Lanka eastwards to the Philippines, and from southern Korea and Jap ...
'' (Guangxi, Vietnam)
**''Kadsura'' subgenus ''Kadsura'' section ''Sarcocarpon'' (Blume) A. C. Smith,
***''Kadsura acsmithii
''Kadsura'' is a genus of woody vines in the Schisandraceae described as a genus in 1810.
Distribution
''Kadsura'' is native to eastern, southern, and southeastern Asia from Sri Lanka eastwards to the Philippines, and from southern Korea and Jap ...
'' (Borneo)
***''Kadsura borneensis
''Kadsura'' is a genus of woody vines in the Schisandraceae described as a genus in 1810.
Distribution
''Kadsura'' is native to eastern, southern, and southeastern Asia from Sri Lanka eastwards to the Philippines, and from southern Korea and Jap ...
'' (Sabah
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)
***'' Kadsura celebica'' (Sulawesi
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)
***'' Kadsura lanceolata'' (Malaysia
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, Borneo, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Maluku)
***'' Kadsura marmorata'' (Borneo, Philippines)
***'' Kadsura scandens'' ( Pen Malaysia, Sumatra, Java
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, Bali
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***'' Kadsura verrucosa'' (Laos
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, Vietnam, Pen Malaysia, Sumatra, Java)
These species were formerly included in ''Kadsura'' but have now been moved to ''Schisandra
''Schisandra'', the magnolia vines, is a genus of twining shrubs that generally climb on other vegetation. Various authors have included the plants in the Illiciaceae
''Schisandra'' (also spelled ''Schizandra'') is native to Asia and North Amer ...
''[
* ''K. chinensis - ]Schisandra chinensis
''Schisandra chinensis'' (common name: magnolia-vine, Chinese magnolia-vine, schisandra), whose fruit is called magnolia berry or five-flavor-fruit (from Chinese 五味子 ''wǔwèizi''), is a vine plant native to forests of Northern China, the ...
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* ''K. grandiflora - Schisandra grandiflora''
* ''K. propinqua - Schisandra propinqua''
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