Description
Family Menispermaceae
Genera ca. 78, species ca. 525 (4 genera, 5 sp: widespread in temperate and tropical regions .[1]
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,772 meters (0 to 12,375 feet).[2]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Ranunculidae
()
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Superorder:
Ranunculanae
()
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Menispermales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Menispermaceae
()
- A.l. De Jussieu, 1789, Nom. Cons.
- Moonseed Family Vines and lianas [shrubs or trees],
- Genus:
Abuta
()
- Specific epithet:
grandifolia
- (Mart.) Sandwith
- Botanical name: - Abuta grandifolia (Mart.) Sandwith
- Specific epithet:
grandifolia
- (Mart.) Sandwith
- Genus:
Abuta
(
- Family:
Menispermaceae
(
- Order:
Menispermales
(
- Superorder:
Ranunculanae
(
- Subclass:
Ranunculidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : Sandwith Publication : Bull . Misc. Inform. Kew 1937: 397 1937 Basionym author: (Mart.)
Similar Species
Members of the genus Abuta
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 68 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
A. acutifolia · A. amara · A. antioquiana · A. aristeguietae · A. barbata · A. boliviana · A. brevifolia · A. brunnescens · A. bullata · A. candicans · A. candollei · A. chiapasensis · A. chocoensis · A. colombiana · A. concolor · A. convexa · A. duckei · A. dwyerana · A. ecuadorensis · A. fluminum · A. froesii · A. GR507 · A. grandifolia · A. grisebachii · A. guianensis · A. guyanensis · A. heterophylla · A. imene · A. klugii · A. limaciifolia · A. longa · A. macrocarpa · A. macrophylla · A. manausensis · A. mycetandra · A. negroensis · A. oblonga · A. oblongifolia · A. obovata · A. pahni · A. pahnii · A. panamensis · A. panurensis · A. parvifolia · A. platyphylla · A. pullei · A. racemosa · A. rigida · A. rufescens · A. sandwithiana · A. sanwithiana · A. scandens · A. seemanni · A. selloana · A. solimoesanum · A. solimoesensis · A. soukupi · A. spicata · A. splendida · A. steyermarkii · A. tomentosa · A. toxifera · A. trinervis · A. umbellata · A. vaupesensis · A. velutina · A. verruculosa · A. wilson-brownei
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Further Reading
- Botanical Museum leaflets, Harvard University. 13 1947-1949 Cambridge, Mass.: Botanical Museum, Harvard University, 1932- ENG url p. 263.
- Flora of Peru / by J. Francis Macbride. Chicago, [Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, [1938] ENG url p. 698.
- Diels, F. L. E. 1910. Menispermaceae. In: H. G. A. Engler, ed. 1900-1953. Das Pflanzenreich.... 107 vols. Berlin. Vol. 46[IV,94], pp. 334-345.
- Ernst, W. R. 1964. The genera of Berberidaceae, Lardizabalaceae, and Menispermaceae in the southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor. 45: 1-35.
Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 15, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 7 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 15, 2007:
- Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program
- Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
- Herbier de la Guyane, Herbier de la Guyane
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3478421
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15624522
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:580055-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 147-2
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 713722
Footnotes
- Donald G. Rhodes "Menispermaceae". in Flora of North America Vol. 3. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- Mean = 355.620 meters (1,166.732 feet), Standard Deviation = 542.270 based on 658 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
