Tetrastigma Planch.

Tetrastigma (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Vitales > Vitaceae

Characteristics

Climbers, woody, rarely herbaceous, usually polygamo-dioecious. Tendrils unbranched or bifurcate, sometimes palmately branched. Leaves usually palmately 3-5-foliolate or pedately 5-7-foliolate, rarely simple. Inflorescence a polychasium, an umbel, or a compound cyme. Flowers 4-merous. Petals spreading, free, usually hooded or galeate, sometimes corniculate. Stamens short, abortive in female flowers. Disk well developed in male flowers, inconspicuous in female flowers. Style conspicuous or inconspicuous; stigma usually 4-divided, rarely irregularly divided. Berry globose, ellipsoid, or obovoid, 1-4-seeded. Seed elliptic, obovoid-elliptic, or obtriangular, abaxial surface with a linear to orbicular chalazal knot, adaxial surface with a linear raphe; cross-section of endosperm T-or M-shaped.
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Growth form herb
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Images

Tetrastigma unspecified picture

Distribution

Tetrastigma world distribution map, present in Australia and China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1729-1
WFO ID wfo-4000037999
COL ID 6475K
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Tetrastigma

Lower taxons

Tetrastigma rafflesiae Tetrastigma rupestre Tetrastigma heterophyllum Tetrastigma crenatum Tetrastigma clementis Tetrastigma cambodianum Tetrastigma brunneum Tetrastigma beauvaisii Tetrastigma chapaense Tetrastigma havilandii Tetrastigma gilgianum Tetrastigma gibbosum Tetrastigma backanense Tetrastigma enervium Tetrastigma ellipticum Tetrastigma eberhardtii Tetrastigma diepenhorstii Tetrastigma bambusetorum Tetrastigma annamense Tetrastigma taeniatum Tetrastigma robinsonii Tetrastigma quadrangulum Tetrastigma pyriforme Tetrastigma pullei Tetrastigma schlechteri Tetrastigma schraderi-montis Tetrastigma poilanei Tetrastigma pilosum Tetrastigma petrophilum Tetrastigma siamense Tetrastigma steenisii Tetrastigma sessilifolium Tetrastigma sepulchrei Tetrastigma liukiuense Tetrastigma laxum Tetrastigma petraeum Tetrastigma longisepalum Tetrastigma jingdongensis Tetrastigma tavoyanum Tetrastigma loheri Tetrastigma mindanaense Tetrastigma megacarpum Tetrastigma magnum Tetrastigma warburgii Tetrastigma trifoliolatum Tetrastigma touranense Tetrastigma thorsborneorum Tetrastigma latiffii Tetrastigma oliviforme Tetrastigma harmandii Tetrastigma gaudichaudianum Tetrastigma ramentaceum Tetrastigma thomsonianum Tetrastigma quadridens Tetrastigma retinervium Tetrastigma mutabile Tetrastigma dichotomum Tetrastigma papillosum Tetrastigma hemsleyanum Tetrastigma sulcatum Tetrastigma laevigatum Tetrastigma rumicispermum Tetrastigma serrulatum Tetrastigma formosanum Tetrastigma lanyuense Tetrastigma delavayi Tetrastigma hypoglaucum Tetrastigma lenticellatum Tetrastigma triphyllum Tetrastigma scortechinii Tetrastigma apiculatum Tetrastigma obovatum Tetrastigma tonkinense Tetrastigma voinierianum Tetrastigma yunnanense Tetrastigma aplinianum Tetrastigma caudatum Tetrastigma pubinerve Tetrastigma pubiflorum Tetrastigma curtisii Tetrastigma andamanica Tetrastigma macrocorymbum Tetrastigma pachyphyllum Tetrastigma vitiense Tetrastigma leucostaphylum Tetrastigma campylocarpum Tetrastigma cruciatum Tetrastigma nilagiricum Tetrastigma pycnanthum Tetrastigma angustifolia Tetrastigma pedunculare Tetrastigma burmanicum Tetrastigma cauliflorum Tetrastigma corniculatum Tetrastigma everettii Tetrastigma littorale Tetrastigma planicaule Tetrastigma bracteolatum Tetrastigma dubium Tetrastigma obtectum Tetrastigma jingdongense Tetrastigma papillatum Tetrastigma longipedunculatum Tetrastigma jinxiuense Tetrastigma funingense Tetrastigma lincangense Tetrastigma jinghongense Tetrastigma xishuangbannaense Tetrastigma macrocorymbum Tetrastigma nitens Tetrastigma kwangsiense Tetrastigma pseudocruciatum Tetrastigma erubescens Tetrastigma venulosum Tetrastigma subtetragonum Tetrastigma sichouense Tetrastigma xizangense Tetrastigma ceratopetalum Tetrastigma tsaianum Tetrastigma assimile Tetrastigma lineare Tetrastigma angustifolium Tetrastigma hookeri Tetrastigma yiwuense Tetrastigma lauterbachianum Tetrastigma scariosum Tetrastigma amboinense Tetrastigma papuanum Tetrastigma pergamaceum Tetrastigma articulatum Tetrastigma robustum Tetrastigma tetragynum Tetrastigma subsuberosum Tetrastigma coriaceum Tetrastigma gamblei Tetrastigma andamanicum