Accession Data:
Stephania japonica (Thunb. ex Murray) Miers
- Common Name: Snake Vine
- Family: Menispermaceae Juss
- Country of Origin: India, China, Phillipines to Japan
- Habitat: grows in thickets and forests
- Uses: source of Hasubanonine, an alkaloid being studied for possible pain relief. Similar in structure to morphine.
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- USDA Zone: 7+
Accession Data:
- Accession # 198500145
- Source: NYBG
- Recorded Vouchers:
- Voucher CONN00015529 at George Safford Torrey Herbarium (CONN). Specimen collected 25 September 1989. Herbarium Image
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 3111 - EVO: Equisetum & Cycads
- Currently: active - marginal (no foliage)
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 03-10-2020
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eudicots
- Order: Ranunculales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Menispermaceae
- SubFamily: Menispermoideae
- Tribe: Tiliacoreae
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Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- Medicinal Plants
- EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology
- Plants with Vouchers deposited in CONN
- Currently Featured Medicinal Plants
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: China South-Central / China Southeast / Japan / Korea / India / Nepal / East Himalaya / Sri Lanka / Myanmar / Vietnam / Lesser Sunda Is. / Philippines / Northern Territory / Queensland
References (external):
- Wefferling, K.M., Hoot, S.B. and Neves, S.S.; Phylogeny and fruit evolution in Menispermaceae; Am. J. Bot. May 2013 vol. 100 no. 5 883-905
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, September 09, 2016.
- Stephania japonica at GBIF. Last accessed on Friday, September 09, 2016.
- Image #00 (cropped) & #02 (original) by Krish Dulal (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Tuesday, July 25, 2017.
data regenerated on Wed, 12 May 2021 17:18:02 -0400 [bcm v4.0]
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Current Accessions in the Menispermaceae
Subfamily Menispermoideae
Tribe Menispermeae
Subfamily Menispermoideae
Tribe Tiliacoreae
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