Kadsura is a genus of woody vines in the Schisandraceae described as a genus in 1810.[2][3]
| Kadsura | |
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| Kadsura japonica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Austrobaileyales |
| Family: | Schisandraceae |
| Genus: | Kadsura Kaempf. ex Juss. |
| Type species | |
| Kadsura japonica | |
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Distribution edit
Kadsura is native to eastern, southern, and southeastern Asia from[1][4] 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, northern Indochina)
- Kadsura subgenus Kadsura
- Kadsura subgenus Kadsura section Kadsura
- Kadsura induta (Yunnan, Guangxi, Vietnam)
- Kadsura renchangiana (Guangxi)
- Kadsura heteroclita (China, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Borneo, Sumatra)
- Kadsura longipedunculata (China)
- Kadsura oblongifolia (Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan)
- Kadsura japonica (Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan)
- Kadsura philippinensis (Philippines)
- Kadsura angustifolia (Guangxi, Vietnam)
- Kadsura subgenus Kadsura section Sarcocarpon (Blume) A. C. Smith,
- Kadsura acsmithii (Borneo)
- Kadsura borneensis (Sabah)
- Kadsura celebica (Sulawesi)
- Kadsura lanceolata (Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Maluku)
- Kadsura marmorata (Borneo, Philippines)
- Kadsura scandens (Pen Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Bali)
- Kadsura verrucosa (Laos, Vietnam, Pen Malaysia, Sumatra, Java)
- Kadsura subgenus Kadsura section Kadsura
These species were formerly included in Kadsura but have now been moved to Schisandra[1]
- K. chinensis - Schisandra chinensis
- K. grandiflora - Schisandra grandiflora
- K. propinqua - Schisandra propinqua
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