Kadsura

Kadsura
	Kadsura japonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Order:	Austrobaileyales
Family:	Schisandraceae
Genus:	Kadsura; Kaempf. ex Juss.
Type species
	Kadsura japonica;
Synonyms
	Sarcocarpon Blume; Cosbaea Lem.;

Kadsura is a genus of woody vines in the Schisandraceae described as a genus in 1810.^[2]^[3]

Distribution

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.

Species^[1]

Subgenus	Section	Name	Distribution
Cosbaea (Lemaire) Y.-W. Law		Kadsura coccinea	S China, N Indochina
Kadsura	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
	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