Cyclea elegans

Cyclea elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Menispermaceae
Genus:	Cyclea
Species:	C. elegans
Binomial name
Cyclea elegans King, 1889[1]
Synonyms
Cyclea caudata Merr., 1922[2] Cyclea acuminatissima Merr., 1938[3] Cyclea tonkinensis sensu Yamam., 1944[4] Cyclea scyphigera Suess. & Heine, 1950[5] Cyclea scyphigera f. angustifolia Suess. & Heine, 1950.

Cyclea elegans is a species of flowering plants 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.^[6]

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. 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

External links

• Data related to Cyclea elegans at Wikispecies
• Cyclea elegans at Flora Malesiana