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Menispermaceae with Attributes

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

Calycocarpum (calycocarpum) (1)
Cissampelos (cissampelos) (1)
Cocculus (coralbead) (3)
Dioscoreophyllum (dioscoreophyllum) (1)
Hyperbaena (hyperbaena) (2)
Menispermum (moonseed) (1)

(...) = Species count

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