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Menispermaceae

19 species · Plants

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Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Ranunculales › Menispermaceae

Cissampelos pareira L.

Cissampelos pareira L. is a climbing plant with documented traditional medicinal uses across multiple regions.

Cocculus carolinus (L.) DC.

Cocculus carolinus is a weedy climbing vine native to the central and southeastern US and Mexico, grown ornamentally for its bright red fruits.

Cocculus diversifolius DC.

Cocculus diversifolius, also called sarsaparilla or correjuela, is a climbing vine native to the southwestern US and Mexico.

Cocculus orbiculatus (L.) DC.

Queen coralbead (Cocculus orbiculatus, synonym Nephroia orbiculata) is a woody vine found from India east to Java.

Hypserpa decumbens (Benth.) Diels

Hypserpa decumbens, or hairy Hypserpa, is an Australian endemic Menispermaceae vine with a least concern conservation status.

Menispermum canadense L.

Canadian moonseed (Menispermum canadense L.) is a poisonous North American woody climbing vine with crescent-shaped seeds.

Sarcopetalum harveyanum F.Muell.

Sarcopetalum harveyanum, the pearl vine, is a common coastal eastern Australian vine that feeds two moth species' larvae.

Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers

Stephania japonica is a dioecious prickle-free vine with peltate leaves, widespread across Asia, the Pacific, and eastern Australia.

Calycocarpum lyonii (Pursh) Nutt. ex A.Gray

Calycocarpum lyonii, the only species in the cupseed genus, is an endemic vine native to the southeastern United States.

Cocculus hirsutus (L.) W.Theob.

Cocculus hirsutus, or broom creeper, is a tropical climbing vine native to a wide range of African and Asian regions.

Stephania abyssinica (Quart.-Dill. & A.Rich.) Walp.

Stephania abyssinica is a native southern African vine with two recognized subspecies, the only one of its genus in the region.

Stephania cephalantha Hayata

Stephania cephalantha Hayata is a Menispermaceae Stephania species native to China, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

Stephania tetrandra S.Moore

Botryodiscia tetrandra (formerly Stephania tetrandra) is a medicinal vine native to China, Taiwan and Vietnam.

Tinospora smilacina Benth.

Tinospora smilacina is a Menispermaceae woody vine first described by George Bentham in 1861, called Wararrkaji in Walmajarri.

Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers

Tinospora cordifolia is a deciduous climbing vine with no confirmed clinical evidence for its claimed medicinal properties.

Hypserpa laurina (F.Muell.) Diels

Hypserpa laurina is a small vine native to northern Australian and New Guinean rainforests, whose fruits are eaten by cassowaries and fruit pigeons.

Legnephora moorei (F.Muell.) Miers

Legnephora moorei, the round-leaf vine, is an Australian endemic rainforest climbing flowering plant in the Menispermaceae family.

Pleogyne australis (Benth.) Benth.

Pleogyne australis is the sole species of the monotypic flowering plant genus Pleogyne in the Menispermaceae family, native to parts of Australia.

Diploclisia glaucescens (Blume) Diels

Diploclisia glaucescens is an extensively spreading flowering climbing plant found across parts of Asia.

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