Cocculus

de Candolle

Syst. Nat. 1: 515. 1818.

Common names: Coral beads
Etymology: diminutive of Latin coccum, berry
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
 TaxonIllustrator 
FNA03 P54 Cocculus Menispermum Cissampelos pg 298.jpegCissampelos pareira
Cocculus carolinus
Menispermum canadense
John Myers
John Myers
John Myers

Vines, twining or clambering. Stems green, apically tomentose grading to pilose or glabrate on older portions. Leaves not peltate. Leaf-blade generally ovate to hastate or oblong, base cordate, truncate, or rounded, margins entire, apex mucronate; surfaces soft-pubescent or glabrous. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, racemes or racemose-panicles; bracts minute (bracteoles). Flowers 3-ranked; sepals 6-9, ovate to elliptic or obovate, outer sepals glabrous or pilose to sparsely pilose abaxially, inner sepals glabrous; petals 6, free. Staminate flowers: petals to 2 mm, auriculate lobes at base inflexed over 6 stamens; filaments distinct; anthers 4-locular; pistillodes 36 or absent, glandular. Pistillate flowers: perianth similar to staminate; staminodes 6, poorly developed; pistils 6; ovary slightly asymmetrically pouched, glabrous; stigma entire. Drupes globose, glabrous; endocarp bony, depressed but not excavate, warty, ribbed. x = 13.

Distribution

Temperate regions, North America, Mexico, Asia, Africa

Discussion

Species 11 (2 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Stems with spreading pubescence; leaf blade typically ovate, occasionally sagittate or hastate, abaxially pubescent; sepals of outer series pubescent; drupes red. Cocculus carolinus
1 Stems with appressed pubescence; leaf blade typically oblong, sometimes basally lobed, abaxially glabrous; sepals of outer series glabrous; drupes black. Cocculus diversifolius
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mucronate +
Donald G. Rhodes +
de Candolle +
rounded +, truncate +  and cordate +
Coral beads +
Temperate regions +, North America +, Mexico +, Asia +  and Africa +
globose +
depressed +
diminutive of Latin coccum, berry +
membranous +
pistillate +  and staminate +
horseshoe--shaped +
terminal +  and axillary +
generally ovate +  and hastate or oblong +
not peltate +
auriculate +
pilose +  and sparsely pilose +
amphitropous +
1 +  and 2 +
concave;concave +
minute +  and reduced +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
valvate +  and imbricate +
fused +  and distinct +
ovate +  and elliptic or obovate +
reduced +
glabrate +, pilose +  and tomentose +
lobed +  and entire +
glabrous;soft-pubescent +
Cocculus +
Menispermaceae +
vine +  and twining +