Cansjera Explained

Cansjera is a genus of plants in the family Opiliaceae described as a genus with this name in 1789.^{[1] [2]}

Cansjera is native to southern China, Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and northern Australia.^{[3] [4]}

Species^[3]

1. Cansjera leptostachya - Java, Lesser Sunda Is, Maluku, New Guinea, Solomons, Bismarck, N Australia (NT Qld WA)
2. Cansjera parvifolia - Myanmar
3. Cansjera rheedei - India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan), Andaman & Nicobar, Indochina, P Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5437680#page/543/mode/1up Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de. 1789. Antonii Laurentii de Jussieu Genera plantarum :secundum ordines naturales disposita, juxta methodum in Horto regio parisiensi exaratam, anno M.DCC.LXXIV 448
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40000789 Tropicos, Cansjera Juss.
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=382479 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=105529 Flora of China Vol. 5 Page 205 山柑藤属 shan gan teng shu Cansjera Jussieu, Gen. Pl. 448. 1789.