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Stephania
Stephania is a genus of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae. It includes 70 species native to tropical and southern Africa, eastern and southern Asia, Australia, and the tropical Pacific Islands. They are herbaceous perennial vines, growing to around four metres tall, with a large tuber. The leaves are arranged spirally on the stem and are peltate, with the leaf petiole attached near the centre of the leaf. The name Stephania comes from the Greek, "a crown". This refers to the anthers being arranged in a crown-like manner.
Menispermum
Menispermum (moonseed) is a small genus of deciduous climbing woody vines in the moonseed family (Menispermaceae). Plants in this genus have small dioecious flowers, and clusters of small grape-like drupes. The name, moonseed, comes from the shape of the seed, which resembles a crescent moon. The word Menispermum is derived from the Greek words μήν (mēn), meaning (crescent) moon, and σπέρμα (sperma) meaning seed. The common name moonseed is also applied to some other species in the related genus Cocculus.
Cocculus
Cocculus is a genus of four species of woody vines and shrubs, native to tropical and subtropical regions of Africa and Asia.
Triclisia
Triclisia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae. It is native to tropical Africa.
Abuta
Abuta is a genus in the flowering plant family Menispermaceae, of about 32 species, native to tropical Central and South America.
Tinospora
Tinospora is a genus of flowering plants. Its species have a succulent, woody, climbing shrub habit. Thirty-four species are currently recognized. Species generally send down long aerial roots from host trees. They have corky or papery bark. They are found in tropical and sub-tropical parts of Asia, Africa and Australia. The most common species are T. cordifolia and T. crispa.
Cissampelos
Cissampelos is a genus of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae. Various species of this genus have a history of use in various traditions of herbal medicine. Moreover, many of these plants were used as curare applied as arrow poison during hunting.
Anamirta
Anamirta is a genus of woody vines in the family of Menispermaceae, native to southern Asia. It has a single extant species, which is Anamirta cocculus.
Pachygone
Pachygone is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae.
Fibraurea
Fibraurea is an Asian plant genus in the family Menispermaceae.
Jateorhiza
Jateorhiza is a genus of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae. It is native to tropical Africa and Mauritius.
Arcangelisia
Arcangelisia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae.
Pycnarrhena
Pycnarrhena is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae.
Cyclea
Cyclea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae.
Penianthus
Penianthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae.
Anomospermum
Anomospermum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae. It consists of five species from tropical America, ranging from Nicaragua to southern Brazil. ==Species== Anomospermum andersonii Anomospermum chloranthum Anomospermum matogrossense Anomospermum reticulatum Anomospermum steyermarkii
Tinomiscium
Tinomiscium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae.
Hypserpa
Hypserpa is a genus of woody climbing plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae. Its native range is tropical and subtropical Asia, northeastern Australia, and the western Pacific.
Diploclisia
Diploclisia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae.
Kolobopetalum
Kolobopetalum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae.
Albertisia
Albertisia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae.
Sciadotenia
Sciadotenia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae.
Pericampylus
Pericampylus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae.
Tiliacora
Tiliacora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae. It is native to tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia and Australia. ==Species== Species include: Tiliacora acuminata Tiliacora dinklagei Tiliacora funifera Tiliacora gabonensis Tiliacora kenyensis Tiliacora lehmbachii Tiliacora racemosa Tiliacora triandra
Telitoxicum
Telitoxicum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae.
Rhaptonema
Rhaptonema is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae.
Haematocarpus
Haematocarpus is a plant genus in the family Menispermaceae and found in south-east Asia.
Orthomene
Orthomene is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae.
Chasmanthera
Chasmanthera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae.
Limaciopsis
Limaciopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae.
Parabaena
Parabaena is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae.
Chondrodendron
Chondrodendron is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae.
Disciphania
Disciphania is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae.
Anisocycla
Anisocycla is a genus of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae. It includes three species of lianas and climbing shrubs native to southeastern tropical Africa (Tanzania, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe) and Madagascar. Anisocycla blepharosepala Anisocycla grandidieri Anisocycla linearis
Antizoma
Antizoma is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae.
Burasaia
Burasaia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae.
Carronia
Carronia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae. Its native range is New Guinea, northern and eastern Australia.
Hyperbaena
Hyperbaena is a genus of plants in family Menispermaceae. It includes 23 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Cuba and southern Mexico to northeastern Argentina.
Syrrheonema
Syrrheonema is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae.
Coscinium
genus of plants (fossil)
Caryomene
Caryomene is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae.
Curarea
Curarea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae, found in tropical parts of Central and South America. They are dioecious lianas, with at least some species producing toxic compounds such as curare.
Odontocarya
Odontocarya is a plant genus in the family Menispermaceae. It includes 38 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from southern Mexico to northern Argentina.
Dioscoreophyllum
Dioscoreophyllum is a genus of three species of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae, native to Africa. The species are lianas.
Limacia
genus of plants
Rhigiocarya
Rhigiocarya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae.
Sinomenium
Sinomenium is a genus of plant in family Menispermaceae first described as a genus in 1910. It contains only one known species, Sinomenium acutum, native to China, northern India, Nepal, Japan, northern Thailand, and also Korea.
Synclisia
Synclisia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae.
Eleutharrhena
Eleutharrhena is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae.
Sarcopetalum
Sarcopetalum is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae. The only species is Sarcopetalum harveyanum F.Muell. Its native range is New Guinea to Eastern and Southeastern Australia.
Platytinospora
Platytinospora is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae. The only species is Platytinospora buchholzii.
Legnephora
Legnephora is a genus of flowering plants, consisting of five climbing species, found in Malesia and Australia. The name comes from ancient Greek, referring to a feature of the fruit anatomy being “border bearing”.
Dialytheca
Dialytheca is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae. The only species is Dialytheca gossweileri.
Sarcolophium
Sarcolophium is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae. The only species is Sarcolophium suberosum.
Chlaenandra
Chlaenandra is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae.
Strychnopsis
Strychnopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae. The only species is Strychnopsis thouarsii.
Aspidocarya
Aspidocarya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae.
Pleogyne
Pleogyne is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae. The only species is Pleogyne australis.
Macrococculus
Macrococculus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae. The only species is Macrococculus pomifer.
Hyalosepalum
Hyalosepalum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae.