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Cyclea elegans

Cyclea elegans is a species of flowering plant in the family Menispermaceae. It is found in Sumatra, Malaya, Borneo. An isotype is kept at Kew Gardens Herbarium. It was collected on Mount Kinabalu Dallas.

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Cyclea elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Menispermaceae
Genus: Cyclea
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Cyclea elegans
King, 18891
Synonyms
  • Cyclea caudata Merr., 19222
  • Cyclea acuminatissima Merr., 19383
  • Cyclea tonkinensis sensu Yamam., 19444
  • Cyclea scyphigera Suess. & Heine, 19505
  • Cyclea scyphigera f. angustifolia Suess. & Heine, 1950.

Cyclea elegans is a species of flowering plant in the family Menispermaceae.67 It is found in Sumatra, Malaya, Borneo. An isotype is kept at Kew Gardens Herbarium. It was collected on Mount Kinabalu Dallas.8

References

References

  1. King, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 58(4): 387(–388). 1889
  2. Merr., J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 85: 172. 1922.
  3. Merr., Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci., Part 1., 24: 68. 1938 [1939].
  4. Yamam., J. Soc. Trop. Agric. 16(3): 145. 1944. – non Cyclea tonkinensis Gagnep., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55(1): 38. 1908.
  5. Suess. & Heine, Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 1(2): 59(–60). 1950.
  6. "Cyclea elegans King". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved February 20, 2025.
  7. "Cyclea elegans King". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved February 20, 2025.
  8. Isotype at Kew Gardens

Other references

  • Ridl. in Fl. Mal. Pen. 1922: 115
  • Burk. & Hend. Gard. Bull. S. S. 1925: 344
  • Yamamota J. Soc. Trop. Agric. 1944: 145
  • Yamamoto J. Soc. Trop. Agric. 1944: 145
  • Forman Kew Bull. 1960: 71
  • Heine Fedde, Rep. 54. 1951: 227
  • Diels Pfl. R. 1910: 311
  • Airy Shaw Kew Bull. 1940: 538
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