Menispermaceae

Plants

105 genera · 665 species in the Library

About

Menispermaceae is a family of flowering plants. The alkaloid tubocurarine, a neuromuscular blocker and the active ingredient in the 'tube curare' form of the dart poison curare, is derived from the South American liana Chondrodendron tomentosum, which belongs to this family. Several other South American genera belonging to the family have been used to prepare the 'pot' and 'calabash' forms of curare. The family contains 81 genera with some 440 species, which are distributed throughout low-lying tropical areas with some species present in temperate and arid regions.

Summary from Wikipedia

Stephania

74 species

Tinospora

45 species

Odontocarya

39 species

Abuta

33 species

Cissampelos

31 species

Cyclea

28 species

Tiliacora

27 species

Disciphania

26 species

Hyperbaena

25 species

Cocculus

24 species

Albertisia

22 species

Menispermites

21 species

Triclisia

20 species

Sciadotenia

19 species

Pachygone

11 species

Pycnarrhena

11 species

Hypserpa

10 species

Curarea

9 species

Telitoxicum

9 species

Parabaena

8 species

Rhaptonema

7 species

Anisocycla

5 species

Antizoma

5 species

Caryomene

5 species

Legnephora

5 species

Menispermum

5 species

Palaeosinomenium

5 species

Anomospermum

4 species

Burasaia

4 species

Carronia

4 species

Diploclisia

4 species

Fibraurea

4 species

Kolobopetalum

4 species

Menispermicarpum

4 species

Orthomene

4 species

Penianthus

4 species

Arcangelisia

3 species

Chondrodendron

3 species

Limacia

3 species

Pericampylus

3 species

Rhigiocarya

3 species

Syrrheonema

3 species

Tinomiscoidea

3 species

Wardenia

3 species

Anamirta

2 species

Calycocarpum

2 species

Chasmanthera

2 species

Cocculites

2 species

Coscinium

2 species

Dioscoreophyllum

2 species

Elissarrhena

2 species

Haematocarpus

2 species

Jateorhiza

2 species

Macrococculus

2 species

Paratinospora

2 species

Perichasma

2 species

Sinomenium

2 species

Synclisia

2 species

Tinomiscium

2 species

Anisocylca

1 species

Aspidocarya

1 species

Atriaecarpum

1 species

Beirnaertia

1 species

Borismene

1 species

Bowerbankella

1 species

Calkinsia

1 species

Canticocculus

1 species

Chandlera

1 species

Chlaenandra

1 species

Davisicarpum

1 species

Dialytheca

1 species

Elephantomene

1 species

Eleutharrhena

1 species

Entoneuron

1 species

Eohypserpa

1 species

Frintonia

1 species

Goweri

1 species

Jatrorrhiza

1 species

Karinschmidtia

1 species

Leptoterantha

1 species

Limaciopsis

1 species

Martinmuellera

1 species

Menispermaphyllum

1 species

Menispermophyllum

1 species

Menispermoxylon

1 species

Menispina

1 species

Microtinomiscium

1 species

Odontocaryoidea

1 species

Orthogynium

1 species

Palaeococculus

1 species

Parapachygone

1 species

Platytinospora

1 species

Pleogyne

1 species

Rhytidocaryon

1 species

Rupertiella

1 species

Sarcolophium

1 species

Sarcopetalum

1 species

Sphenocentrum

1 species

Spirospermum

1 species

Strychnopsis

1 species

Syntriandrium

1 species

Syntriandrum

1 species

Syntrisepalum

1 species

Ungulipetalum

1 species

Wilkinsoniphyllum

1 species