Biology:Cocculus diversifolius

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Cocculus diversifolius

Apparently Secure (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Menispermaceae
Genus: Cocculus
Species:
C. diversifolius
Binomial name
Cocculus diversifolius
DC.
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Cebatha diversifolia (DC.) Kuntze
  • Cebatha miqueliana Kuntze
  • Cocculus madagascariensis Diels
  • Cocculus heterophyllus Hemsl. & E.H. Wilson
  • Cocculus oblongifolius DC.
  • Epibaterium diversifolium (DC.) Tidestr.
  • Menispermum oblongifolium Spreng.

Cocculus diversifolius[4] is a vine with the common name sarsaparilla or correjuela. It is native to Arizona, New Mexico, Texas , and much of Mexico as far south as Oaxaca. It is a vine climbing up to 3 m, with white to yellowish flowers and dark purple fruits up to 6 mm in diameter.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.142335/Cocculus_diversifolius. 
  2. ↑ Tropicos
  3. ↑ The Plant List
  4. ↑ A.P. de Candolle, Regni Vegetabilis Systema Naturale 1: 523. 1818.
  5. ↑ J. E. Laferriere. 1992. Menispermaceae, Moon-seed Family. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 27:237-238.
  6. ↑ Flora of North America, vol 3

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