Tinospora

Tinospora is a genus of flowering plants. Its species have a succulent, woody, climbing shrub habit. Thirty-four species are currently recognized.^[1] Species generally send down long aerial roots from host trees. They have corky or papery bark. They are found in tropical and sub-tropical parts of Asia, Africa and Australia.^[2] The most common species are T. cordifolia and T. crispa.

Tinospora
Tinospora cordifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Menispermaceae
Genus:	Tinospora Miers (1851)
Synonyms[1]
Campylus Lour. (1790) Fawcettia F.Muell. (1877) Hypsipodes Miq. (1868)

Species

Tinospora species accepted by Plants of the World Online as of January 2024:^[1]

• Tinospora arfakiana Becc.
• Tinospora baenzigeri Forman
• Tinospora bakis (A.Rich.) Miers
• Tinospora celebica Diels
• Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Hook.f. & Thomson
• Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook.f. & Thomson
• Tinospora dissitiflora (K.Schum. & Lauterb.) Diels
• Tinospora esiangkara (F.M.Bailey) Forman
• Tinospora formanii Udayan & Pradeep
• Tinospora fragosa (I.Verd.) I.Verd. & Troupin
• Tinospora glabra (Burm.f.) Merr.
• Tinospora glandulosa Merr.
• Tinospora guangxiensis H.S.Lo
• Tinospora hainanensis H.S.Lo & Z.X.Li
• Tinospora hirsuta (Becc.) Forman
• Tinospora homosepala Diels
• Tinospora macrocarpa Diels
• Tinospora maqsoodiana Mujaffar, Moinudd. & Mustakim
• Tinospora merrilliana Diels
• Tinospora neocaledonica Forman
• Tinospora nudiflora (Griff.) Kurz
• Tinospora orophila Troupin
• Tinospora palminervis Miers
• Tinospora siamensis Forman
• Tinospora sinensis (Lour.) Merr.
• Tinospora smilacina Benth.
• Tinospora subcordata (Miq.) Diels
• Tinospora sumatrana Becc.
• Tinospora teijsmannii Boerl.
• Tinospora tenera Miers
• Tinospora tinosporoides (F.Muell.) Forman
• Tinospora trilobata Diels