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Menispermaceae

Synonyms: Cocculites; Pseliaceae

Wikipedia Abstract

Menispermaceae is a family of flowering plants. Tubocurare, a neuromuscular blocker and active ingredient in curare, is derived from plants of this family. The family comprises 68 genera with some 440 species, which are distributed throughout low-lying tropical areas with some species present in temperate and arid regions.
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Genus

Abuta (36)
Albertisia (20)   (2)
Anamirta (2)
Anisocycla (5)
Anisocylca (1)
Anomospermum (5)
Antizoma (4)
Arcangelisia (3)
Aspidocarya (1)
Atriaecarpum (1)
Beirnaertia (1)
Borismene (1)
Bowerbankella (1)
Burasaia (5)
Calkinsia (1)
Calycocarpum (calycocarpum) (1)
Canticocculus (1)
Carronia (4)
Caryomene (5)
Chandlera (1)
Chasmanthera (2)
Chlaenandra (1)
Chondodendron (3)
Chondrodendron (2)
Cissampelos (cissampelos) (35)
Cocculites (2)
Cocculus (coralbead) (25)
Coscinium (2)
Curarea (10)
Cyclea (28)
Davisicarpum (1)
Dialytheca (1)
Dioscoreophyllum (dioscoreophyllum) (2)
Diploclisia (4)
Disciphania (30)   (1)
Elephantomene (1)
Eleutharrhena (1)
Elissarrhena (2)
Entoneuron (1)
Eohypserpa (1)
Fibraurea (fibraurea) (3)
Frintonia (1)
Goweri (1)
Haematocarpus (2)
Hyperbaena (hyperbaena) (25)   (1)
Hypserpa (11)
Jateorhiza (jateorhiza) (3)
Jatrorrhiza (1)
Karinschmidtia (1)
Kolobopetalum (4)
Legnephora (5)
Leptoterantha (1)
Limacia (3)
Limaciopsis (1)
Macrococculus (2)
Martinmuellera (1)
Menispermaphyllum (1)
Menispermicarpum (4)
Menispermites (21)
Menispermophyllum (1)
Menispermoxylon (1)
Menispermum (moonseed) (5)
Menispina (1)
Microtinomiscium (1)
Odontocarya (41)   (1)
Odontocaryoidea (1)
Orthogynium (1)
Orthomene (4)
Pachygone (11)
Palaeococculus (1)
Palaeosinomenium (5)
Parabaena (8)
Parapachygone (1)
Paratinospora (2)
Penianthus (4)
Pericampylus (2)
Perichasma (2)
Platytinospora (1)
Pleogyne (1)
Pycnarrhena (11)
Rhaptonema (7)
Rhigiocarya (3)
Rhytidocaryon (1)
Rupertiella (1)
Sarcolophium (1)
Sarcopetalum (1)
Sciadotenia (19)
Sinomenium (2)
Sphenocentrum (1)
Spirospermum (1)
Stephania (76)
Strychnopsis (1)
Synclisia (1)
Syntriandrium (1)
Syntriandrum (1)
Syntrisepalum (1)
Syrrheonema (2)
Syrrhonema (3)
Telitoxicum (9)
Tiliacora (26)   (3)
Tinomiscium (2)
Tinomiscoidea (3)
Tinospora (46)   (1)
Triclisia (19)   (3)
Ungulipetalum (1)
Wardenia (3)
Wilkinsoniphyllum (1)
Zenkerophytum (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0