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Cocculus
Genus of flowering plants
Cocculus /ˈkɒkjuːləs/ is a genus of four species of woody vines and shrubs, native to tropical and subtropical regions of Africa and Asia.
01Species
Four species are accepted:
- 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.)
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