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Tripterygium

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Genus of flowering plants Not to be confused with the fish genus Tripterygion.

Tripterygium
Tripterygium regelii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Celastrales
Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Tripterygium
Hook.f.
Species

Tripterygium is a genus of plants in the family Celastraceae. It includes three species of lianas or scrambling shrubs native to Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Myanmar. Tripterygium wilfordii is used in Traditional Chinese medicine.

Species

Three species are accepted.

References

  1. ^ Tripterygium Hook.f. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
Taxon identifiers
Tripterygium
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