Tripterygium

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Celastrales

Familia: Celastraceae
Genus: Tripterygium
Species: T. doianum – T. wilfordii
Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2019. Tripterygium. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 October 04. Reference page.

Name

Tripterygium Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 1: 360, 368. 1862.

Type species: Tripterygium wilfordii Hook. f.

References
Primary references

Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D. 1862. Genera Plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis Kewensibus servata definita. Vol. 1, pars I., sistens Dicotyledonum Polypetalarum ordines LVI: [Ranunculaceas–Connaraceas.] Pp. I–XII, 1–454. A. Black, William Pamplin, Lovell Reeve & Co., Williams & Norgate, Londini [London]. BHL Reference page. : 1: 360, 368.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Tripterygium. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 October 04. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Tripterygium in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 October 04. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Tripterygium. Published online. Accessed: October 04 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Tripterygium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 October 04.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Tripterygium in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

Tripterygium is a genus of plants in the family Celastraceae. Tripterygium wilfordii is used in Traditional Chinese medicine.
Selected species

Tripterygium doianum
Tripterygium hypoglaucum
Tripterygium regelii
Tripterygium wilfordii

References