View source for Cocculus ← Cocculus You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Cocculus |accepted_authority=de Candolle |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Syst. Nat. |place=1: 515. 1818 |year=1818 }} |common_names=Coral beads |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Menispermaceae;Cocculus |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Menispermaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cocculus]]</div></div> |etymology=diminutive of Latin coccum, berry |volume=Volume 3 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form;whole_organism orientation;whole_organism growth form"><b>Vines,</b> twining or clambering.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem coloration;stem pubescence;stem pubescence;stem pubescence;portion life cycle"><b>Stems </b>green, apically tomentose grading to pilose or glabrate on older portions.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>not peltate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf-blade shape;base shape;base shape;base shape;base shape;base shape;margin architecture or shape;apex shape"><b>Leaf-</b>blade generally ovate to hastate or oblong, base cordate, truncate, or rounded, margins entire, apex mucronate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="surface pubescence;surface pubescence">surfaces soft-pubescent or glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence position"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary or terminal, racemes or racemose-panicles;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="bract size">bracts minute (bracteoles).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower arrangement"><b>Flowers </b>3-ranked;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="sepal quantity;sepal shape;outer sepal pubescence;inner sepal pubescence">sepals 6-9, ovate to elliptic or obovate, outer sepals glabrous or pilose to sparsely pilose abaxially, inner sepals glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="petal quantity;petal fusion">petals 6, free.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="flower architecture;petal some measurement;lobe shape;base orientation;stamen quantity"><b>Staminate </b>flowers: petals to 2 mm, auriculate lobes at base inflexed over 6 stamens;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="flower architecture;filament fusion">filaments distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="flower architecture;anther architecture or structure in adjective form">anthers 4-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="flower architecture;pistillode quantity;pistillode presence;pistillode architecture or function or pubescence">pistillodes 36 or absent, glandular.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="flower architecture;perianth architecture"><b>Pistillate </b>flowers: perianth similar to staminate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="flower architecture;staminode quantity;staminode development">staminodes 6, poorly developed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="flower architecture;pistil quantity">pistils 6;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="flower architecture;ovary architecture or shape;ovary pubescence">ovary slightly asymmetrically pouched, glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="flower architecture;stigma architecture or shape">stigma entire.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="drupe shape;drupe pubescence"><b>Drupes </b>globose, glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="">endocarp bony, depressed but not excavate, warty, ribbed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s21" data-properties="endocarp texture;endocarp shape;endocarp architecture;endocarp pubescence or relief;endocarp architecture or shape;x chromosome quantity">x = 13.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Temperate regions;North America;Mexico;Asia;Africa |discussion=<p>Species 11 (2 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Stems with spreading pubescence; leaf blade typically ovate, occasionally sagittate or hastate, abaxially pubescent; sepals of outer series pubescent; drupes red. |[[Cocculus carolinus|Cocculus carolinus]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Stems with appressed pubescence; leaf blade typically oblong, sometimes basally lobed, abaxially glabrous; sepals of outer series glabrous; drupes black. |[[Cocculus diversifolius|Cocculus diversifolius]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Cocculus |authority=de Candolle |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Menispermaceae |distribution=Temperate regions;North America;Mexico;Asia;Africa |reference=None |publication title=Syst. Nat. |publication year=1818 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V3/V3_371.xml |genus=Cocculus |anther architecture or structure in adjective form=4-locular |apex shape=mucronate |base orientation=inflexed |base shape=rounded;truncate;rounded;truncate;cordate |bract size=minute |drupe pubescence=glabrous |drupe shape=globose |endocarp architecture=not excavate |endocarp architecture or shape=ribbed |endocarp pubescence or relief=warty |endocarp shape=depressed |endocarp texture=osseous |filament fusion=distinct |flower architecture=pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;staminate;staminate;staminate;staminate |flower arrangement=3-ranked |inflorescence position=terminal;axillary |inner sepal pubescence=glabrous |leaf architecture=not peltate |leaf-blade shape=generally ovate;hastate or oblong |lobe shape=auriculate |margin architecture or shape=entire |outer sepal pubescence=pilose;sparsely pilose |ovary architecture or shape=pouched |ovary pubescence=glabrous |perianth architecture=staminate |petal fusion=free |petal quantity=6 |petal some measurement=0mm;2mm |pistil quantity=6 |pistillode architecture or function or pubescence=glandular |pistillode presence=absent |pistillode quantity=36 |portion life cycle=older |sepal quantity=6;9 |sepal shape=ovate;elliptic or obovate |stamen quantity=6 |staminode development=developed |staminode quantity=6 |stem coloration=green |stem pubescence=glabrate;pilose;tomentose |stigma architecture or shape=entire |surface pubescence=glabrous;soft-pubescent |whole_organism growth form=vine;twining |whole_organism orientation=clambering |x chromosome quantity=13 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Menispermaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Menispermaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Cocculus.