''Pseudocayratia''
[Wen J, Lu LM, Chen ZD (2018) ''J. Syst. Evol.'' 56(4): 377. ] is a genus of Asian
vine plants in the family
Vitaceae. As its name suggests, it was split from the previously configured genus ''
Cayratia'', which was found not be
monophyletic
In cladistics for a group of organisms, monophyly is the condition of being a clade—that is, a group of taxa composed only of a common ancestor (or more precisely an ancestral population) and all of its lineal descendants. Monophyletic gro ...
: for example, ''Pseudocayratia oligocarpa'', from central China to Vietnam, was distinct from ''Cayratia pedata'' (the
type species of that genus). Species have been recorded from central-southern China, Japan, the
Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan and Vietnam.
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Species
''Plants of the World Online
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'' currently includes:[Plants of the World Online: ''Pseudocayratia'' J.Wen, L.M.Lu & Z.D.Chen (retrieved 26 December 2021)]
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# '' Pseudocayratia dichromocarpa'' (H.Lév.) J.Wen & Z.D.Chen
# '' Pseudocayratia oligocarpa'' (H.Lév. & Vaniot) J.Wen & L.M.Lu
# '' Pseudocayratia pengiana'' T.W.Hsu & J.Wen
# '' Pseudocayratia speciosa'' J.Wen & L.M.Lu - type species
# '' Pseudocayratia yoshimurae'' (Makino) J.Wen & V.C.Dang
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Flora of Indo-China
Vitaceae genera
Vitaceae
Taxa described in 2018