Accepted name: Gynostemma pentaphyllum (Thunb.) Makino
Gynostemma burmanicum King ex Chakrav. belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Gynostemma burmanicum, D. Boufford 44170--China. Yunnan. Meng Lun to Meng Tang on G213. 7 May 2018. DSC03328 (666).JPG
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Cucurbitales
Family
Cucurbitaceae
Genus
Gynostemma
Specific Epithet
burmanicum
Authorship
King ex Chakrav.
Scientific Name ID
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Location
China, Yunnan, Jinghong.
21.970833, 101.195000
Location Remarks
Xishuangbanna Daizuzi-Zhizhou; NW of Menglun-zhen between Menglun-zhen and Jingzu-Xiang on route G213 along a tributary of the Nanban Jiang (Nanban River). Mixed broadleaved evergreen and deciduous forest with Fagaceae and Lauraceae common on steep, unaltered slopes, also Duabanga common along main stream; most of forest on accessible slopes converted to rubber plantations. 830-920 m. elev.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Xin-Han Huang, Zhuo Zhou
Notes
Climbing on shrubs and trees at edge of forest, in shade all day. Vine, mostly herbaceous, ca. 3 m long; inflorescence green; flowers green. See note in Flora of China 19: 14. 2011, regarding validity of epithet burmanicum.
