Cayratia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Ordo: Vitales

Familia: Vitaceae
Subfamilia: Vitoideae
Tribus: Cayratieae
Genus: Cayratia
Species: C. acris – C. acuminata – C. albifolia – C. anemonifolia – C. apoensis – C. calcicola – C. cambodiana – C. cardiophylla – C. cardiospermoides – C. ceratophora – C. cheniana – C. ciliifera – C. cordifolia – C. cumingiana – C. cuneata – C. daliensis – C. debilis – C. delicatula – C. emarginata – C. fugongensis – C. gracilis – C. hayatae – C. ibuensis – C. imerinensis – C. irosinensis – C. lanceolata – C. lineata – C. longiflora – C. medoensis – C. megacarpa – C. melananthera – C. menglaensis – C. mollissima – C. nervosa – C. novemfolia – C. palauana – C. palmata – C. pedata – C. pellita – C. polydactyla – C. reticulata – C. ridleyi – C. roxburghii – C. saponaria – C. schumanniana – C. seemanniana – C. setulosa – C. simplicifolia – C. sonneratii – C. thalictrifolia – C. timorensis – C. triternata
Name

Cayratia Juss. Dict. Sci. Nat. (ed. 2) 10: 103. (1818) nom. cons.

Type species: Cayratia pedata (Lour.) Juss. Dict. Sci. Nat. (ed. 2) 10: 103. (1818)

References

Jussieu, A.L. de 1818. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles [Second edition] 10: 103.
Jackes, B.R. 1987. Revision of the Australian Vitaceae, 2. Cayratia Juss. Austrobaileya 2(4): 365-379. JSTOR Reference page.
Jackes, B.R. 2020. Transfer of three species of Cayratia Juss., to Causonis Raf. (Vitaceae). Telopea 23: 69–71. DOI: 10.7751/telopea14296 Open access Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2014. Cayratia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2014. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Feb. 3. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cayratia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct. 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Cayratia. Published online. Accessed: 17 February 2018.
Tropicos.org 2014. Cayratia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Feb. 3.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cayratia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.
Cayratia in: Australian Plant Census (APC) 2018. IBIS database, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Accessed: 2018 February 17.

The genus Cayratia comprises approximately 45 species of plants, some of which have utility value to people. It is found in tropical and subtropical areas of Asia, Africa, Australia, and islands of the Pacific Ocean.[1]

Within the Vitaceae, Cayratia is most closely related to Tetrastigma and Cyphostemma. However, Cayratia may not be monophyletic (for example, Cayratia japonica may be more closely related to Cyphostemma than it is to Cayratia pedata).[1]
Selected species

Cayratia acris (F. Muell.) Domin
Cayratia clematidea (F.Muell.) Domin
Cayratia debilis (Baker) Suess.
Cayratia delicatula (Willems) Desc.
Cayratia eurynema B.L.Burtt
Cayratia geniculata (Blume) Gagnep.
Cayratia gracilis (Guill. & Perr.) Suess.
Cayratia ibuensis (Hook.f.) Suess.
Cayratia japonica (Thunb.) Gagnep.
Cayratia mollissima (Wallich) Gagnep.
Cayratia trifolia (L.) Domin

References

Soejima, A.; Wen, J. (2006), "Phylogenetic analysis of the grape family (Vitaceae) based on three chloroplast markers", American Journal of Botany, 93 (2): 278–287, doi:10.3732/ajb.93.2.278, PMID 21646189