Ancistrocladus tectorius

Ancistrocladus tectorius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Ancistrocladaceae
Genus:	Ancistrocladus Wall.
Species:	Ancistrocladus tectorius
Binomial name
Ancistrocladus tectorius (Loureiro) Merrill, 1928[1]
Synonyms[2]
Bembix tectoria Lour. Ancistrocladus extensus Wall. ex Planch. Ancistrocladus pinangianus Wall. ex Planch. Ancistrocladus stelligerus Wall. ex A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle Ancistrocladus extensus var. pinangianus (Wall. ex Planch.) King Ancistrocladus cochinchinensis Gagnep. Ancistrocladus harmandii Gagnep. Ancistrocladus hainanensis Hayata Ancistrocladus carallioides Craib

Ancistrocladus tectorius is a species in the monogeneric family Ancistrocladaceae found in China (Hainan), Cambodia, India (Andaman and Nicobar Islands), Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.^[2][3] The Vietnamese name is trung quân; Chinese: 钩枝藤, gou zhi teng.^[4][5]

These are palaeotropical, climbing, twining plants, found in lowland to sub-montane, wet evergreen to seasonal tropical forests in valleys and on slopes from sea level to 1600 m. Good specimens can be found in Cát Tiên National Park, Đồng Nai Province, where leaves are used as roofing material by minority people.

References

1. Merrill (1928). Lingnan Science Journal 6: 329.
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. "Ancistrocladus tectoriusAncistrocladus tectorius". Flora of China. eFloras.org.
4. Taylor, C.M., Gereau, R.E. & Walters, G.M. (2005). Revision of Ancistrocladus Wall. (Ancistrocladaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 92: 360-399.
5. Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.