''Sargentodoxa'' is a

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genus of

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s belonging to the family

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. It only contains one known species, ''Sargentodoxa cuneata'' (Oliv.) Rehder & E.H.Wilson. Its native range is China (north-Central, south-Central and southeast) to

Indo-China Mainland Southeast Asia (historically known as Indochina and the Indochinese Peninsula) is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to th ...

. It is also found in Hainan, Laos and Vietnam. The genus name of ''Sargentodoxa'' is in honour of

Charles Sprague Sargent Charles Sprague Sargent (April 24, 1841March 22, 1927) was an American botanist. He was appointed in 1872 as the first director of Harvard University's Arnold Arboretum in Boston, Massachusetts, and held the post until his death. He published se ...

(1841–1927), an American botanist. He was appointed in 1872 as the first director of

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. The Latin

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of ''cuneata'' is derived from ''cuneate'' meaning wedge-shaped. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in C.S.Sargent, Pl. Wilson. Vol.1 on page 351 in 1913.

Gallery

File:大血藤饮片.jpg, Dried stem of ''Sargentodoxa cuneata'' used in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

References

Lardizabalaceae Monotypic Ranunculales genera Flora of North-Central China Flora of South-Central China Flora of Southeast China Flora of Hainan Flora of Laos Flora of Vietnam Plants described in 1889 Taxa named by Alfred Rehder Taxa named by Ernest Henry Wilson {{Ranunculales-stub