Ancistrocladus tectorius

Ancistrocladus tectorius
Flowering A. tectorius in Cát Tiên National Park (April 2018)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Ancistrocladaceae
Genus: Ancistrocladus
Species:
A. tectorius
Binomial name
Ancistrocladus tectorius
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Bembix tectoria Lour.
  • Ancistrocladus benomensis Rischer & G.Bringmann
  • Ancistrocladus carallioides Craib
  • Ancistrocladus cochinchinensis Gagnep.
  • Ancistrocladus extensus Wall. ex Planch.
  • Ancistrocladus extensus var. pinangianus (Wall. ex Planch.) King
  • Ancistrocladus hainanensis Hayata
  • Ancistrocladus harmandii Gagnep.
  • Ancistrocladus pinangianus Wall. ex Planch.
  • Ancistrocladus stelligerus Wall. ex A.DC.

Ancistrocladus tectorius is a species of flowering plant in the monogeneric family Ancistrocladaceae.[2][4] It is found in China (Hainan), Cambodia, India (Andaman and Nicobar Islands), Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.[3][5] The Vietnamese name is trung quân lợp nhà; Chinese: 钩枝藤, gou zhi teng.[6][7]

Description and uses

These are palaeotropical, climbing, twining plants or lianas, found in lowland to sub-montane, wet evergreen to seasonal tropical forests in valleys and on slopes from sea level to 1600 m. Good specimens can be found in Đồng Nai Province, where leaves are used as roofing material (implied in the Vietnamese name) and a traditional haemostatic by minority Ma people.

References

  1. ^ Merrill (1928). Lingnan Science Journal. 6: 329.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  2. ^ a b "Ancistrocladus tectorius (Lour.) Merr". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved July 3, 2025.
  3. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ "Ancistrocladus tectorius (Lour.) Merr". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved July 3, 2025.
  5. ^ "Ancistrocladus tectoriusAncistrocladus tectorius". Flora of China. eFloras.org.
  6. ^ Taylor, C.M., Gereau, R.E. & Walters, G.M. (2005). Revision of Ancistrocladus Wall. (Ancistrocladaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 92: 360-399.
  7. ^ Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.