Cansjera

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Santalales

Familia: Opiliaceae
Genus: Cansjera
Species: C. leptostachya – C. parvifolia – C. rheedei
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cansjera in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov 26. Reference page.

Name

Cansjera Juss., Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 448. (1789) nom. cons.

Type species: Cansjera rheedei J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis]. 2(1): 280. (1791)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Tsjeru-caniram Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 80. (1763)
Octoplis Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 105. (1838)

References

Jussieu, A.L. de 1789. Genera Plantarum (Jussieu) 448.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cansjera in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 May 16. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Cansjera. Published online. Accessed: May 16 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Cansjera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 May 16.

Cansjera is a genus of plants in the family Opiliaceae described as a genus with this name in 1789.[3][4]

Cansjera is native to southern China, Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and northern Australia.[1][2]

Species[1]

Cansjera leptostachya - Java, Lesser Sunda Is, Maluku, New Guinea, Solomons, Bismarck, N Australia (NT Qld WA)
Cansjera parvifolia - Myanmar
Cansjera rheedei - India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan), Andaman & Nicobar, Indochina, P Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines
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References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Flora of China Vol. 5 Page 205 山柑藤属 shan gan teng shu Cansjera Jussieu, Gen. Pl. 448. 1789.
Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de. 1789. Antonii Laurentii de Jussieu Genera plantarum :secundum ordines naturales disposita, juxta methodum in Horto regio parisiensi exaratam, anno M.DCC.LXXIV 448 in Latin
Tropicos, Cansjera Juss.