Tinospora crispa

Tinospora crispa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ranunculales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Eudicota Ordo: Ranunculales

Familia: Menispermaceae
Subfamilia: Chasmantheroideae
Tribus: Burasaieae
Genus: Tinospora
Species: Tinospora crispa

Name

Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook.f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 1: 183(–184). 1855.

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Menispermum crispum L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 1468. 1763.

• Homotypic
  • Cocculus crispus (L.) DC., Syst. Nat. 1: 521. 1817.
  • Tinospora crispa (L.) Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, 7(37): 38. 1851, comb. inval. – Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 13(76): 319(–320). 1864, isonym
  • Chasmanthera crispa (L.) Baill., Traite Bot. Méd. Phan. 1: 706. 1883.
  • Tinospora rumphii Boerl., Cat. Pl. Phan. 2: 116. 1901, nom. illeg. superfl. (as T. Rumphii)
  • Tinospora crispa (L.) Diels, Pflanzenr. (Engler) IV. 94 (Heft 46): 142(–143). 1910, p.p., isonym

• Heterotypic
  • Menispermum tuberculatum Lam., Encycl. [J.Lamarck & al.] 4(1): 96. 1797.
  • Menispermum verrucosum Roxb. in Fleming, Asiat. Res. 11: 171. 1810.
  • Cocculus verrucosus (Roxb.) Wall., Numer. List n. 4966. 1831–32, p.p., quoad basionymum
  • Tinospora verrucosa (Roxb.) W.Theob., Burmah [Mason], ed. 3., 2: 656. 1883.
  • Tinospora thorelii Gagnep., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55(1): 46. 1908, p.p., quoad typum (as Tinospora Thorelii)
  • Tinospora mastersii Diels, Pflanzenr. (Engler) IV. 94 (Heft 46): 140. 1910. (as T. Mastersii)
  • Tinospora gibbericaulis Hand.-Mazz., Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 60(13): 95. 1924. (as Tinospora (?) gibbericaulis)
  • Tinospora tuberculata (Lam.) Beumée ex K.Heyne, Nutt. Pl. Ned.-Ind., ed. 2, 1: 619. 1927.

• Misapplied names
  • Tinospora nudiflora sensu Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 41(4): 292. 1872, p.p., basionymo excl. – non Tinospora nudiflora (Griff.) Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 41(4): 292. 1872.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Eastern Africa References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hook.f. & Thomson, 1855. Fl. Ind. 1: 183(–184).

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Menispermaceae. In Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 565–566. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page.  (as exotic species)
• Forman, L.L. 1981. A revision of Tinospora (Menispermaceae) in Asia to Australia and the Pacific. The Menispermaceae of Malesia and adjacent areas: X. Kew Bulletin 36: 375–421. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Forman, L.L. 1984. A revision of tribe Tinosporeae (Menispermaceae) in Asia, Australia and the Pacific. The Menispermaceae of Malesia and adjacent areas: XII. Kew Bulletin 39: 99–116. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Forman, L.L. 1986. Menispermaceae. Pp. 157–253 in Van Steenis, C.G.G.J. & De Wilde, W.J.J.O. (eds.), Flora Malesiana, Ser. I, Vol. 10(2). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. BHL. Reference page. 
• Forman, L.L. 1988. A synopsis of Thai Menispermaceae. Kew Bulletin 43: 369–407. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Forman, L.L. 1991. Menispermaceae. Pp. 300–365 in Smitinand, T. & Larsen, K. (eds.), Flora of Thailand, Vol. 5(3). The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department, Bangkok. Reference page. 
• Forman, L.L. 1995. Menispermaceae. Pp. 301–319 in Dassanayake, M.D., Fosberg, F.R. (†) & Clayton, W.D. (eds.), A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon, Vol. IX. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. Reference page. 
• Fournet, J. 2002. 21. Menispermaceae. Pp. 157–160 in Flore illustrée des phanérogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique, Tome 1, Nouv. éd. CIRAD, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, Montpellier. ISBN 2-908490-26-9. Reference page.  (as introduced taxon)
• Luo Xianrui, Chen Tao & Gilbert, M.G. 2008. Menispermaceae. Pp. 1–31 in Wu Zhengyi, Raven, P.H. & Hong Deyuan (eds.), Flora of China, Vol. 7, Menispermaceae through Capparaceae. Science Press, Beijing; Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 978-1-930723-81-8. PDF Online Reference page. 
• Pramanik, A. & Gangopadhyay, M. 1993. Menispermaceae. Pp. 308–350 in Sharma, B.D., Balakrishnan, N.P., Rao, R.R. & Hajra, P.K. (eds.), Flora of India, Vol. 1, Ranunculaceae–Barclayaceae. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta. Reference page. 
• Yamamoto, Y. 1948. On the menispermaceous plants of China. Taiwania 1: 19–68. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Tinospora crispa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 February 31. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Tinospora crispa. Published online. Accessed: 22 January 2017. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Tinospora crispa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2017-01-22. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 50053822. 22. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: January 2017 50053822. Reference page.

Notes

The name Tinospora crispa has also been applied to Tinospora glabra and to Tinospora sinensis, the name Tinospora rumphii to Tinospora baenzigeri, the name Cocculus crispus to Tinospora glabra.

Vernacular names

• Basa Bali: Kantawali
• Bahasa Indonesia: Bratawali
• 中文: 波叶青牛胆

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