Stephania
Stephania is a genus of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae, native to eastern and southern Asia and Australasia. They are herbaceous perennial vines growing to around four metres tall, with a large, woody caudex. The leaves are arranged spirally on the stem, and are peltate, with the leaf petiole attached near the centre of the leaf. The name Stephania comes from the Greek, "a crown". This refers to the anthers being arranged in a crown...
32 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Tapevine
speciesStephania japonica
Long Stephania
speciesStephania longa
Stephania cephalantha
speciesStephania cephalantha
Stephania abyssinica
speciesStephania abyssinica
Stephania tetrandra
speciesStephania tetrandra
Stephania merrillii
speciesStephania merrillii
Stephania pierrei
speciesStephania pierrei
Stephania venosa
speciesStephania venosa
Stephania rotunda
speciesStephania rotunda
Stephania dielsiana
speciesStephania dielsiana
Stephania elegans
speciesStephania elegans
Stephania hainanensis
speciesStephania hainanensis
Stephania brevipes
speciesStephania brevipes
Stephania epigaea
speciesStephania epigaea
Stephania gracilenta
speciesStephania gracilenta
Stephania dinklagei
speciesStephania dinklagei
Stephania glandulifera
speciesStephania glandulifera
Stephania delavayi
speciesStephania delavayi
Stephania renifolia
speciesStephania renifolia
Stephania capitata
speciesStephania capitata
Stephania corymbosa
speciesStephania corymbosa
Stephania suberosa
speciesStephania suberosa
pumpkin vine
speciesStephania tuberosa
Stephania succifera
speciesStephania succifera
Stephania viridiflavens
speciesStephania viridiflavens
Stephania reticulata
speciesStephania reticulata
Stephania andamanica
speciesStephania andamanica
Stephania brachyandra
speciesStephania brachyandra
Stephania sinica
speciesStephania sinica
Stephania wightii
speciesStephania wightii
Stephania crebra
speciesStephania crebra
Stephania bancroftii
speciesStephania bancroftii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 21)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.71
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.46
Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 96)
王圻, 王思義 · 1607 · p.38
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 21)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.113
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 20)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.39
Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration
Xu Guangqi · 1909 · p.713
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 146809.