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Tetrastigma is a genus of plants in the grape family, Vitaceae. The plants are vines that climb with tendrils and have palmately compound leaves. The species are found in subtropical and tropical regions of Asia, Malesia, and Australia, where they grow in primary undisturbed rainforest. Species of this genus are notable as being the sole hosts of parasitic plants in the family Rafflesiaceae, one of which, Rafflesia arnoldii, produces the largest flower in the world. [1]
The genus has about 90 species, of which Tetrastigma voinierianum as the only cultivated species is probably the best-known.
Within the Vitaceae, Tetrastigma is most closely related to Cayratia and Cyphostemma.[2]
References
- ^ Forest Department, Sarawak
- ^ Soejima, A. (2006), "Phylogenetic analysis of the grape family (Vitaceae) based on three chloroplast markers", American Journal of Botany 93: 278, doi:
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