Cocculus

Cocculus /ˈkɒkjuːləs/^[3] is a genus of four species of woody vines and shrubs, native to tropical and subtropical regions of Africa and Asia.^[2]

Cocculus
Cocculus hirsutus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Menispermaceae
Genus:	Cocculus DC. (1817)
Type species
Cocculus villosus DC. (1817)[1]
Species[2]
4; see text
Synonyms[2]
Holopeira Miers (1851)

Species

Four species are accepted:^[2]

• Cocculus hirsutus (L.) Diels – tropical Africa east to India and Nepal
• Cocculus madagascariensis Diels – Madagascar
• Cocculus prainianus (Diels) A.Pramanik & Thoth. – Nagaland and Nicobar Islands
• Cocculus taiwanianus S.S.Ying – Taiwan

Formerly placed here

• Jateorhiza palmata (Lam.) Miers (as C. palmatus (Lam.) DC.)
• Nephroia carolina (L.) L.Lian & Wei Wang (as C. carolinus (L.) DC.)
• Nephroia diversifolia (DC.) L.Lian & Wei Wang (as C. diversifolius DC.)
• Nephroia orbiculata (L.) L.Lian & Wei Wang (as C. orbiculatus (L.) DC. and C. sarmentosus (Lour.) Diels)
• Pachygone laurifolia (DC.) L.Lian & Wei Wang (as C. laurifolius DC.)
• Pericampylus glaucus (Lam.) Merr. (as C. incanus Colebr.)
• Sinomenium acutum (Thunb.) Rehder & E.H.Wilson (as C. acutus (Thunb.) Makino, C. diversifolius Miq., and C. heterophyllus Hemsl. & E.H.Wilson)
• Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Hook.f. & Thomson (as C. cordifolius (Willd.) DC.)^[4]

References

1. "Cocculus DC". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
2. Cocculus DC. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
3. Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
4. "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.

External links

Media related to Cocculus at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Cocculus at Wikispecies

• Cocculus carolinus images at bioimages.vanderbilt.edu