moonseed family
Menispermaceae
Menispermaceae is a family of flowering plants. Tubocurare, a neuromuscular blocker and active ingredient in curare, is derived from plants of this family. The family contains 68 genera with some 440 species, which are distributed throughout low-lying tropical areas with some species present in temperate and arid regions.
60 branches of this family, most-observed first
Nephroia
genusNephroia
Moonseeds
genusMenispermum
Stephania
genusStephania
Cissampelos
genusCissampelos
Tinospora
genusTinospora
Cocculus
genusCocculus
Pericampylus
genusPericampylus
Cyclea
genusCyclea
Sarcopetalum
genusSarcopetalum
Legnephora
genusLegnephora
Diploclisia
genusDiploclisia
Pleogyne
genusPleogyne
Hypserpa
genusHypserpa
Carronia
genusCarronia
Echinostephia
genusEchinostephia
Tiliacora
genusTiliacora
Antizoma
genusAntizoma
Calycocarpum
genusCalycocarpum
Abuta
genusAbuta
Anamirta
genusAnamirta
Hyperbaena
genusHyperbaena
Odontocarya
genusOdontocarya
Pachygone
genusPachygone
Disciphania
genusDisciphania
Fibraurea
genusFibraurea
Sinomenium
genusSinomenium
Hyalosepalum
genusHyalosepalum
Chondrodendron
genusChondrodendron
Burasaia
genusBurasaia
Coscinium
genusCoscinium
Pycnarrhena
genusPycnarrhena
Tinomiscium
genusTinomiscium
Curarea
genusCurarea
Paratinospora
genusParatinospora
Anisocycla
genusAnisocycla
Sciadotenia
genusSciadotenia
Parabaena
genusParabaena
Limacia
genusLimacia
Dioscoreophyllum
genusDioscoreophyllum
Triclisia
genusTriclisia
Anomospermum
genusAnomospermum
Orthomene
genusOrthomene
Elephantomene
genusElephantomene
Albertisia
genusAlbertisia
Jateorhiza
genusJateorhiza
Haematocarpus
genusHaematocarpus
Ungulipetalum
genusUngulipetalum
Arcangelisia
genusArcangelisia
Strychnopsis
genusStrychnopsis
Parapachygone
genusParapachygone
Sphenocentrum
genusSphenocentrum
Penianthus
genusPenianthus
Eleutharrhena
genusEleutharrhena
Spirospermum
genusSpirospermum
Chasmanthera
genusChasmanthera
Telitoxicum
genusTelitoxicum
Caryomene
genusCaryomene
Borismene
genusBorismene
Kolobopetalum
genusKolobopetalum
Rhigiocarya
genusRhigiocarya
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 62992.