Tripterygium
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''Tripterygium'' is a genus of plants in the family
Celastraceae The Celastraceae (staff-vine or bittersweet) are a family of 98 genera and 1,350 species of herbs, vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales. The great majority of the genera are tropical, with only ''Celastrus'' (the staf ...
. It includes three species of lianas or scrambling shrubs native to Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Myanmar. '' Tripterygium wilfordii'' is used in
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Species

Three species are accepted. * '' Tripterygium doianum'' * '' Tripterygium regelii'' * '' Tripterygium wilfordii''


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5226910 Celastrales genera Celastraceae Taxa named by Joseph Dalton Hooker Flora of Asia