The Parent order is - Ranunculales
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Woody Family Menispermaceae

Data on a chosen woody family known under an order

Common Names - Synonyms -
Authority - Juss.Total Number of genera - 72
Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - AngiospermTotal Number of species - 450
Plant forms - Mostly lianes, rarely trees or shrubs
World Distribution - Tropical and warm climates, few in temperate The great majority of the genera are tropical, but with a few (notably Menispermum and Cocculus) reaching temperate climates in eastern North America and eastern Asia.
Comments - Often has poisonous chemicals


Woody Genera of Menispermaceae

Each link leads to more information on the chosen botanical families

1 - Abuta.
2 - Albertisia.
3 - Anamirta.
4 - Anisocycla.
5 - Anomospermum.
6 - Arcangelista.
7 - Beirnaertia.
8 - Chasmanthera.
9 - Chondodendron.
10 - Chondrodendron.
11 - Cissampelos.
12 - Cocculus.
13 - Dioscoreophyllum.
14 - Elissarrhena.
15 - Fibraurea.
16 - Heptacyclum.
17 - Hyperbaena.
18 - Jaundea.
19 - Kolobopetalum.
20 - Limacia.
21 - Limaciopsis.
22 - Menispermum.
23 - Telitoxicum.



End of Listing Woody Families of Menispermaceae