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Menispermaceae A.L. de Jussieu. Common name: Moonseed Family.

Key to Menispermaceae

A family of about 72 genera and 450 species, vines, shrubs, trees, and herbs, of tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate areas. Classification of subfamilies and clades follows Ortiz et al. (2016).

ID notes: The flowers are unisexual and plants dioecious.

References: Hoot et al. (2009); Kessler (1993b) In Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993); Lian et al. (2020); Rhodes (1997) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997); Wang et al. (2009). Show full citations.

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image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Menispermum canadense | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: calycocarpum lyonii, ridge ferry park, rome, floyd county, georgia 1 by Alan Cressler | Calycocarpum source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Menispermum canadense | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Weakley | Calycocarpum source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Richard & Teresa Ware | Menispermum canadense CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Bruce A. Sorrie | Nephroia | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Aidan Campos | Nephroia source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Aidan Campos | Nephroia source | Original Image ⭷
image of plantno rights reserved, uploaded by Sinaloa Silvestre | Cissampelos pareira source | Original Image ⭷

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