Cansjera is a genus of plants in the family Opiliaceae described as a genus with this name in 1789.Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de. 1789. Antonii Laurentii de Jussieu Genera plantarum :secundum ordines naturales disposita, juxta methodum in Horto regio parisiensi exaratam, anno M.DCC.LXXIV 448 in LatinTropicos, Cansjera Juss.
Cansjera is native to southern China, Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and northern Australia.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFlora of China Vol. 5 Page 205 山柑藤属 shan gan teng shu Cansjera Jussieu, Gen. Pl. 448. 1789.
Species Cansjera leptostachya - Java, Lesser Sunda Is, Maluku, New Guinea, Solomons, Bismarck, N Australia (NT Qld WA) Cansjera parvifolia - Myanmar Cansjera rheedei - India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan), Andaman & Nicobar, Indochina, P Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines
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