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.
Family
Cucurbitaceae
Genus
Gynostemma
Specific Epithet
burmanicum
Authorship
King ex Chakrav.
5/7/2018
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.