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Menispermaceae

Angiospermae - Ranunculales - Menispermaceae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Menispermaceae de Jussieu
1874Cocculites Heer
1919Cocculites Knowlton
1919Menispermaceae Knowlton
1941Menispermaceae MacGinitie
1961Menispermaceae Chandler p. 95
1962Menispermaceae Chandler p. 61
1963Menispermaceae Chandler p. 81
1964Menispermaceae Chandler p. 101
1977Menispermaceae Hickey
1978Menispermaceae Chandler p. 20
2000Menispermaceae Mabberley
2016Menispermaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
orderRanunculales
familyMenispermaceaede Jussieu 1789
familyMenispermaceaede Jussieu 1789

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Menispermaceae de Jussieu 1789
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G. †Bowerbankella Reid and Chandler 1933
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†Bowerbankella tiliacoroidea Reid and Chandler 1933
G. †Calkinsia Wolfe 1968
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G. †Canticocculus Chandler 1961
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†Canticocculus cooperi Chandler 1961
G. Carronia Mueller 1875
G. Cebatha Forsskål 1775
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Cebatha carolina Linnaeus 1753
G. †Chandlera Scott 1954
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†Chandlera lacunosa Scott 1954
G. Cissampelos Linnaeus
Unr. †Cocculinae Diels
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G. †Davisicarpum Chandler 1961
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†Davisicarpum gibbosum Chandler 1961
G. Menispermum Linnaeus 1753 [moonseed]
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Menispermum canadense Linnaeus 1753
Menispermum cocculus Linnaeus 1753
Menispermum hirsutum Linnaeus 1753
†Menispermum taylori Chandler 1964
Menispermum virginicum Linnaeus 1753
G. †Cocculophyllum Velenovsky 1889
G. Cocculus de Candolle 1817
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†Cocculus cinnamomeus Velenovsky 1885
†Cocculus flabella Wolfe 1966
†Cocculus haydenianus Ward 1885
†Cocculus lottii Collinson et al. 2012
†Cocculus minutus Hollick 1904
†Cocculus miotrilobus Prasad and Pandey 2008
†Cocculus problematicus Berry 1919
G. Diploclisia Miers 1851
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†Diploclisia bognorensis Chandler 1961
†Diploclisia rugulosa Collinson et al. 2012
G. †Entoneuron Geyler 1875
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†Entoneuron melastomaceum Geyler 1875
G. †Eohypserpa Reid and Chandler 1933
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†Eohypserpa parsoni Reid and Chandler 1933
Unr. †Fibraureae
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G. †Atriaecarpum Chandler 1978
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†Atriaecarpum deltiforme Chandler 1978
G. †Frintonia Chandler 1961
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†Frintonia ornata Chandler 1961
G. †Goweri Wolfe 1968
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†Goweri dilleri Knowlton 1900
G. Hyalosepalum Troupin 1949
G. †Hyperbaena Miers
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†Hyperbaena diforma Potbury 1935
G. Hypserpa Miers 1851
G. †Martinmuellera Collinson et al. 2012
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†Martinmuellera tuberculata Collinson et al. 2012
G. †Menispermaphyllum Hill 1989
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Tr. Menispermeae de Candolle 1817
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G. †Karinschmidtia Collinson et al. 2012
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†Karinschmidtia rotulae Collinson et al. 2012
G. †Menispermicarpum Chesters 1957
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†Menispermicarpum crenulatum Chesters 1957
†Menispermicarpum rariforme Chandler 1961
†Menispermicarpum serratum Chandler 1961
†Menispermicarpum venablesi Chandler 1961
G. †Menispermites Lesquereux 1874
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†Menispermites acutilobus Lesquereux 1883
†Menispermites brysoniana Hollick 1894
†Menispermites calderensis Jud et al. 2018
†Menispermites californicus Fontaine 1905
†Menispermites cyclophyllus Lesquereux 1874
†Menispermites grandis Lesquereux 1883
†Menispermites menispermifolius Lesquereux 1868
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Invalid names: Menispermites acerifolia Lesquereux 1874 [synonym]
†Menispermites obtusiloba Lesquereux 1868
†Menispermites ovalis Lesquereux 1875
†Menispermites populifolius Lesquereux 1874
†Menispermites reniformis Dawson 1882
†Menispermites rugosus Lesquereux 1891
†Menispermites salinae Lesquereux 1872
†Menispermites wardianus Hollick 1895
G. †Menispermoxylon Vozenin-Serra et al. 1989
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†Menispermoxylon mowglii Licht et al. 2015
G. †Menispina Herrera et al. 2011
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†Menispina evidens Herrera et al. 2011
G. †Microtinomiscium Reid and Chandler 1933
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†Microtinomiscium foveolatum Reid and Chandler 1933
G. †Odontocaryoidea Scott 1954
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G. †Palaeococculus Chandler 1961
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†Palaeococculus lakensis Chandler 1961
G. †Palaeosinomenium Chandler 1961
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†Palaeosinomenium hantonense Chandler 1963
†Palaeosinomenium ornamentum Collinson et al. 2012
†Palaeosinomenium pulchrum Chandler 1961
†Palaeosinomenium venablesi Chandler 1961
G. Parabaena Miers 1851
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†Parabaena bognorensis Chandler 1964
†Parabaena europaea Czeczott and Skirgiello 1967
G. Pericampylus Miers 1851
G. †Rhytidocaryon Mueller 1876
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†Rhytidocaryon wilkinsonii Mueller 1876
G. Stephania Loureiro 1790
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†Stephania hootae Collinson et al. 2012
†Stephania palaeosudamericana Herrera et al. 2011
†Stephania psittaca Jud et al. 2018
G. †Syntrisepalum Chesters 1957
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†Syntrisepalum auritum Chesters 1957
G. †Tinomiscoidea Reid and Chandler 1933
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†Tinomiscoidea jacquesii Collinson et al. 2012
†Tinomiscoidea scaphiformis Reid and Chandler 1933
†Tinomiscoidea taylori Chandler 1961
G. Tinospora Miers 1851
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†Tinospora arnensis Chandler 1962
†Tinospora excavata Reid and Chandler 1933
†Tinospora folmerii Tiffney 1999
†Tinospora wilkinsoni Chandler 1961
Tr. Tinosporeae Hooker and Thomson 1855
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G. Calycocarpum Nuttall
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†Calycocarpum jenkinsi Chandler 1961
G. †Jatrorrhiza Miers
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†Jatrorrhiza gilliami Chandler 1964
G. †Wardenia Chandler 1961
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†Wardenia davisi Chandler 1961
†Wardenia marginata Chandler 1963
†Wardenia poolensis Chandler 1962
G. †Wardensheppeya Eyde 1970
G. †Wilkinsoniphyllum Jud et al. 2018
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Invalid names: Cocculeae Diels [empty], Cocculites Heer 1874 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Holocene or 105.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma

Collections (190 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Menispermites potomacensis (24895) Menispermites reniformis (24892)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Russian Federation Menispermites markovoensis (34792) Menispermites markovoensis, Menispermites minutus, Menispermites septentrionalis (34796) Menispermites markovoensis, Menispermites sp. (34778) Menispermites minutus, Menispermites septentrionalis (34627) Menispermites septentrionalis (34771 34774 34775 34788 34794 34800 34801 34803 34804) Menispermites sp. (34798)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Canada (British Columbia) Menispermites potomacensis, Menispermites reniformis (24934)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (Alberta) Menispermites reniformis (31911)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (British Columbia) Menispermites reniformis (31888)
Coniacian - Campanian89.8 - 72.1Canada (British Columbia) Menispermites acutilobus (35193) Menispermites torosus, Menispermum dauricumoides (35189) Menispermum dauricumoides (35218)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian89.3 - 83.6USA (Georgia) Menispermites variabilis (28321)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Canada (Alberta) Menispermites sp. (35082 35083)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) Menispermaceae indet. (27360)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) Menispermites belli (34975)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6China (Nei Mongol) Menispermaceae indet. (71073)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Cocculus flabella (25059 25437 25473 25475 25476 25477 48224 48267 48268 48269 48270 48271 48293)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Cocculus flabella (48235)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Menispermites belli, Menispermites cockerelli (34921) Menispermites knightii (34970)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (North Dakota) Cocculus flabella (25004 25010 25427 25440 25453 48177 48178 48179 48180)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Wyoming) Cocculus flabella (11368)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) M. SA 060, Wilkinsoniphyllum menispermoides (133752) Stephania psittaca (133753)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0China (Heilongjiang) Menispermites kujiensis, Menispermites sp., Menispermites obtusiloba, Menispermites borealis (223817)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0China (Xinjiang) Cocculus flabella (223851)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Aichi) Cocculus trilobus (22819)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (North Dakota) Cocculus flabella (24953 24957 24962 24965)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.7 - 55.8Colombia Menispermites cerrejonensis (134513 134515 134747 134748 134753 134759) Menispermites cerrejonensis, Menispermites guajiraensis (134754 134758) Menispermites guajiraensis (134746 134752 134755 134757)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.7 - 55.8Colombia (Guajira) Menispermites cerrejonensis (124190) Stephania palaeosudamericana (121516)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Colombia (Cundinamarca) Menispina evidens (121518 121519) Stephania palaeosudamericana (121517)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8Belgium M. species, Icacinicarya species, Tinospora excavata, Atriaecarpum venablesi (32342)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8France (Oise) Stephania sp., Wardensheppeya davisii (166598)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Menispermites parvareolatus (11444)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (North Dakota) Canticocculus sp. (21372) Cocculus flabella (10968 10970 10975) Menispermites parvareolatus (10983) Menispermites parvareolatus, Cocculus flabella (10969)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Virginia) Tinospora folmerii (22775)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Bowerbankella tiliacoroidea, Davisicarpum gibbosum, Eohypserpa parsonsi, Microtinomiscium foveolatum, Tinomiscoidea scaphiformis, Wardenia davisi, Tinospora excavata, Atriaecarpum deltiforme (22811) Frintonia ornata (22804) Menispermaceae indet., Cocculus serratus, Canticocculus cooperi, Tinospora excavata (21244) Menispermicarpum sp., Palaeococculus lakensis, Tinospora excavata, Palaeosinomenium pulchrum, Menispermicarpum rariforme (22810) Palaeococculus lakensis, Tinospora arnensis (23398) Palaeococculus lakensis, Tinospora arnensis, Wardenia poolensis (23397) Palaeosinomenium venablesii, Tinospora excavata, Menispermicarpum venablesi, Diploclisia bognorensis (21249) Tinospora rugosa, Tinospora excavata, Tinospora wilkinsoni, Calycocarpum jenkinsi (22806)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Argentina (Chubut) Magnoliopsida TY047 (197637) M. TY118 (133045) M. sp. (197635)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Hypserpa cashmanensis (22993 22996) Hypserpa sp. (10643)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Menispermaceae indet. (237755)
Graybullian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) M. sp.1, Menispermites parvareolatus (11395) Menispermites parvareolatus (11336 11337 11338 11339 11349 11350 11357 11360 11364 11370 11394 11397 11400 11406 11442 11476 11477 11502)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Palaeosinomenium venablesii (28731)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71Australia (New South Wales) Menispermaphyllum tomentosum (166623)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) M. GR569 (28745) Menispermites limacioides (21389)
MP 1348.6 - 40.4Germany (Eifel) Menispermaceae indet. (24201)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Palaeococculus lakensis, Wardenia marginata (24107) Palaeosinomenium hantonense (24106) Wardenia marginata (24108)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Germany (Hesse) Menispermaceae indet., Cocculus lottii, Karinschmidtia rotulae, Palaeosinomenium venablesii, Diploclisia rugulosa, Parabaena europaea, Tinomiscoidea jacquesii, Stephania hootae, Menispermeae indet., Martinmuellera tuberculata, Palaeosinomenium sp., Palaeosinomenium ornamentum, Pericampylus sp., Wardensheppeya sp., Tinosporeae sp. (140304)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Hyperbaena diforma (23995 23998 24002)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Oregon) Palaeosinomenium venablesii, Diploclisia auriformis, Tinomiscoidea occidentalis, Tinospora elongata, Tinospora hardmanae, Tinospora sp., Chandlera sp., Chandlera lacunosa, Davisicarpum limacioides, Eohypserpa scottii, Odontocaryoidea sp., Odontocaryoidea nodulosa, Calycocarpum crassicrustae, Atriaecarpum clarnense (21220)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Jilin) Menispermaceae indet., Palaeosinomenium venablesii, Diploclisia sp. (179213)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Myanmar (Magway Division) Menispermoxylon mowglii (83522)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Palaeosinomenium sp. 1, Palaeosinomenium sp. 2 (24109)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Palaeosinomenium obliquatum (27663)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Calkinsia plafkeri (22932) Hypserpa cashmanensis (10744 22895 22902 22965 22966) Hypserpa cashmanensis, Calkinsia plafkeri (21223 22890 22901) Menispermites parvareolatus, Cocculus flabella, Hypserpa cashmanensis, Calkinsia plafkeri (23001)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Oregon) Menispermum sp. (35220)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Czech Republic Menispermaceae indet. (31643)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Montana) Cocculus heteromorpha (23973)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333China (Zhejiang) Cocculus formosissimus (224041)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Nepal Cocculus miotrilobus (222975)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Japan (Nagano) Cocculus sp. (22796)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Bayern) Parabaena europaea (28280 28282 28284)
Barstovian - Clarendonian16.3 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Cocculus rotunda (23401)
Langhian - Messinian15.97 - 5.333Japan (Hirakata) Cocculus sp. (22744)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kenya Cissampelos sp. (22266) Menispermaceae indet. (22311)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Cocculus sp. (21265)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Jiangsu) Cocculus rotundifolius (223931)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6France (Elsass) Menispermum reidii (21222)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Menispermaceae indet. (168822 168890 168918) Menispermaceae indet., Hypserpa sp. (168888) Menispermaceae indet., Hypserpa sp., Carronia sp. (168891 168904) Menispermaceae indet., Stephania sp., Hypserpa sp., Carronia sp., Tinospora sp. (168889) Stephania sp. (168893) Stephania sp., Hypserpa sp. (168892) Tinospora sp. (168924)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (West Bengal) Tinospora sp. (228794 228795)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Menispermaceae indet. (22337)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Menispermaceae indet., Hypserpa sp., Tinospora sp. (168896)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Menispermaceae indet. (168747 168749 168750 168751 168752 168754 168756)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Carronia sp., Tinospora sp. (168937)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) Stephania sp. (228788)