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Menispermaceae Life
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Seventy genera and 420 species (Pantropical, extending into
temperate regions), with seven genera and 13 species indigenous to southern
Africa. An additional genus and species is cultivated in the region.
Genera indigenous to southern Africa
List from Jordaan (2000).
Albertisia
About 17 species (tropical and subtropical Africa and Southeast Asia, with
one species, Albertisia delagoensis, indigenous to southern Africa
(northern KwaZulu-Natal). |
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Antizoma
Two species, endemic to the arid regions of southern Africa. |
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Cissampelos
About 20 species (North and South America, Asia, Africa, Madagascar), with
four species indigenous to southern Africa. |
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Cocculus
About 10 species (North America, Africa, Socotra, Asia to Australia), with
one species, Cocculus hirsutus, indigenous to southern Africa. |
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Stephania
About 30 species (Africa, India, China to New Guinea), with one species,
Stephania abyssinica, indigenous to southern Africa. |
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Tiliacora
About 20 species (Old World tropics), with one species, Tiliacora
funifera, indigenous to southern Africa. |
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Tinospora
About 35 species (tropical Africa, Madagascar, Asia to Australia, Pacific),
with three species indigenous to southern Africa. |
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Other genera, cultivated in southern Africa
Information from Glen (2002).
Jateorhiza palmata (Columba)
Indigenous to tropical Africa. |
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Publications
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Jordaan, M. 2000. Menispermaceae. In: Seed Plants of
Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). Strelitzia 10: 356-359.
National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of
Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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