Cocculus

Cocculus /ˈkɒkjuːləs/^[2] is a genus of 11 species of woody vines and shrubs, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of North America, Asia and Africa.^[3] The common name moonseed is also used for the closely related genus Menispermum.

Selected species

Cocculus carolinus (L.) DC. – red-berried moonseed or Carolina moonseed (southeastern United States)
Cocculus diversifolius DC. – correhuela (southern Texas, southern Arizona and northern Mexico)
Cocculus hirsutus (L.) Diels (tropical Africa east to India and Nepal)
Cocculus laurifolius DC. – laurel-leaved snail tree (Himalayas east to Japan)
Cocculus orbiculatus (L.) DC. – queen coralbead (India east to Java)
Cocculus sarmentosus (Lour.) Diels (Taiwan)^[4]^[5]^[6]

Jateorhiza palmata (Lam.) Miers (as C. palmatus (Lam.) DC.)
Pericampylus glaucus (Lam.) Merr. (as C. incanus Colebr.)
Sinomenium acutum (Thunb.) Rehder & E.H.Wilson (as C. diversifolius Miq.)
Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Hook.f. & Thomson (as C. cordifolius (Willd.) DC.)^[5]

^ "Cocculus DC". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
^ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
^ Oudhia, P., 2008. Cocculus pendulus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Diels. [Internet] Record from PROTA4U. Schmelzer, G.H. & Gurib-Fakim, A. (Editors). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa / Ressources végétales de l’Afrique tropicale), Wageningen, Netherlands. <http://www.prota4u.org/search.asp> Archived November 8, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 20 October 2013.
^ "Subordinate Taxa of Cocculus DC". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
^ ^a ^b "GRIN Species Records of Cocculus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2009-01-20. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
^ "Cocculus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-02-01.

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