Biology:Cocculus
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| Cocculus | |
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| Cocculus hirsutus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Menispermaceae |
| Genus: | Cocculus DC. (1817) |
| Type species | |
| Cocculus villosus DC. (1817)[2]
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| Species[1] | |
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4; see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Holopeira Miers (1851) | |
Cocculus /ˈkɒkjuːləs/[3] is a genus of four species of woody vines and shrubs, native to tropical and subtropical regions of Africa and Asia.[1]
Species
Four species are accepted:[1]
- Cocculus hirsutus (L.) Diels – tropical Africa east to India and Nepal
- Cocculus madagascariensis Diels – Madagascar
- Cocculus prainianus (Diels) A.Pramanik & Thoth. – Nagaland and Nicobar Islands
- Cocculus taiwanianus S.S.Ying – Taiwan
Formerly placed here
- Jateorhiza palmata (Lam.) Miers (as C. palmatus (Lam.) DC.)
- Nephroia carolina (L.) L.Lian & Wei Wang (as C. carolinus (L.) DC.)
- Nephroia diversifolia (DC.) L.Lian & Wei Wang (as C. diversifolius DC.)
- Nephroia orbiculata (L.) L.Lian & Wei Wang (as C. orbiculatus (L.) DC. and C. sarmentosus (Lour.) Diels)
- Pachygone laurifolia (DC.) L.Lian & Wei Wang (as C. laurifolius DC.)
- Pericampylus glaucus (Lam.) Merr. (as C. incanus Colebr.)
- Sinomenium acutum (Thunb.) Rehder & E.H.Wilson (as C. acutus (Thunb.) Makino, C. diversifolius Miq., and C. heterophyllus Hemsl. & E.H.Wilson)
- Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Hook.f. & Thomson (as C. cordifolius (Willd.) DC.)[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Cocculus DC. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ↑ "Cocculus DC.". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/NameDetails.aspx?nameid=40011032. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
- ↑ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
- ↑ "GRIN Species Records of Cocculus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?2741. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q1152946 entry
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