Tripterygium Hook. f. – a small east-asian genus from Celastraceae family, which is very popular decorative plant and also used in traditional Chinese medicine. Only one species, Tr. wilfordii, were considered in the genus until recent time. However, a new article (Xu et al. 2024) was published in the last year, in which the results of the complete chloroplast genomes sequence for representatives of the genus Tripterygium reflected. This forced us to radically reconsider the traditional view of the genus scope, including a critical review of all available materials (with personal studies all herbarium specimens in main European and Asian collections), with an emphasis on morphology, and came to the conclusion that the genus includes 3 or 4 species, depending on the accepted species concept. A key for identification all four species is compiled.