Aspidopterys

Aspidopterys
Aspidopterys cordata (Wall.) A.Juss.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Malpighiaceae
Genus:	Aspidopterys A.Juss.
Species
ca. 15 species

Aspidopterys is a genus of Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Aspidopterys comprises approximately 15 species of vine native to Asia.

Species

There are 24 species in this genus according to POWO:^[1]

• Aspidopterys albomarginata Hance
• Aspidopterys balakrishnanii R.C.Srivast.
• Aspidopterys canarensis Dalzell
• Aspidopterys cavaleriei H.Lév.
• Aspidopterys celebensis Arènes
• Aspidopterys concava (Wall.) A.Juss.
• Aspidopterys cordata (B.Heyne ex Wall.) A.Juss.
• Aspidopterys elliptica (Blume) A.Juss.
• Aspidopterys esquirolii H.Lév.
• Aspidopterys glabrifolia Arènes
• Aspidopterys glabriuscula A.Juss.
• Aspidopterys harmandiana Pierre
• Aspidopterys henryi Hutch.
• Aspidopterys hirsuta (Wall.) A.Juss.
• Aspidopterys indica (Willd.) W.Theob.
• Aspidopterys jainii R.C.Srivast.
• Aspidopterys microcarpa H.W.Li ex S.K.Chen
• Aspidopterys nutans (Roxb. ex DC.) A.Juss.
• Aspidopterys oligoneura Merr.
• Aspidopterys orbiculata (Roxb. ex Wall.) Nied.
• Aspidopterys oxyphylla A.Juss.
• Aspidopterys thorelii Dop
• Aspidopterys tomentosa (Blume) A.Juss.
• Aspidopterys wallichii Hook.f.

References

1. "Aspidopterys A.Juss. ex Endl". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 September 2025.

External links

• Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature