Taxon: Cayratia japonica (Thunb.) Gagnep.

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Common names:

• bushkiller   (Source: Castanea 71:249.) – English
  
• yabu-garashi   (Source: F Okin ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  

Economic importance:

• Weed   (fide Atlas WWeed)
  

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Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku; Korea; Taiwan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Bangladesh; Bhutan; India - Assam, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal; Nepal
  North Indian Ocean: India - Andaman and Nicobar
  Indo-China: Cambodia; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam
  Malesia: Indonesia; Malaysia
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - Queensland [e.]

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  United States [s.e.]

References:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Editorial Committee of the Flora of Taiwan. 1993–. Flora of Taiwan, 2nd ed.
• Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984–. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
• Hajra, P. K. et al., eds. 1999–. Flora of Andaman-Nicobar Islands.
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Hansen, C. J. & L. R. Goertzen. 2006. Cayratia japonica (Vitaceae) naturalized in Alabama. Castanea 71:248–251.
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
• Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds.
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan.
• Jackes, B. R. 1987. Revision of the Australian Vitaceae, 2. Cayratia Juss. Austrobaileya 2:376.
• Krings, A. & R. J. Richardson. 2006. Cayratia japonica (Vitaceae) new to North Carolina and an updated key to the genera of Vitaceae in the Carolinas. Sida 22:813–815.
• Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
• Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993–. Flora of India.
• Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Cayratia japonica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Cayratia japonica.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Cayratia japonica.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Vitis japonica Thunb. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Cayratia japonica (Thunb.) Gagnep.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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