Family: Menispermaceae

Menispermum canadense
Menispermum canadense   L.  -  Moonseed
Photo © by Steven Clemants
Taken at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, NY, 1999.

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Last Modified 02/15/2013

List of Menispermaceae Genera

References to Menispermaceae

  • Angelo, R.; Boufford, D. E. 2010. Atlas of the flora of New England: Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae. Rhodora 112: 244-326.
  • Baillon, H. 1871. Monographie des Menispermacees et des Berberidacees. Hist. Pl. 3: 1-76. (In French; see English trans. by H.H. Hartog, Nat. Hist. Pl. 3:1-75. 1874.)
  • Bentham, G. 1861. Notes on Menispermaceae. J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 5: 45-52.
  • BlottiÞre, R. 1886. Etude anatomique de la famille des Menispermees. Ph.D. Thesis Ecole SupÚr. Pharm. Paris76 p.
  • Breiding, G. H. 1946. Moonseed fruits as bird food. Auk 63: 589.
  • Carlquist, S. 1996. Wood and stem anatomy of Menispermaceae. Aliso 14(3): 155-70.
  • Ernst, W. R. 1964. The genera of Berberidaceae, Lardizabalaceae, and Menispermaceae in the southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor. 45: 1-35.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee. 1997. Flora of North America, Volume 3. Magnoliophyta: Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae. Oxford University Press, New York. , 590 pages.
  • Forman, L. L. 1982. The correct names for the tribes of Menispermaceae. Kew Bull. 37(3): 367-8.
  • Gorchov, D. L. 1987. Sequence of fruit ripening in bird-dispersed plants: consistency among years. Ecology 68: 223-5.
  • Harley, M. M.; Ferguson, I. K. 1982. Pollen morphology and taxonomy of the tribe Menispermeae (Menispermaceae). Kew Bull. 37(3): 353-66.
  • Himmelbaur, W. 1914. Die Berberidaceen und ihre Stellung im System. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl., Denkschr. 89: 733-96.
  • Hollick, A. 1923. Menispermum canadense. Addisonia 8: 41.
  • Hoot, S. B. et.al. 2009. Phylogenetic patterns in Menispermaceae based on mulitple chloroplast sequence data. Syst. Bot. 34: 44-56.
  • Jacjues, F. M. B. et.al. 2007. Resolving phylogenetic reconstruction in Menispermaceae (Ranunculales) using fossils and a novel statistical test. Taxon 56: 379-392.
  • Jacques, F. M. B.; Bertolino, P. 2008. Molecular and morphological phylogeny of Menispermaceae (Ranunculales). Pl. Syst. Evol. 274: 83-97.
  • Kim, Y. D.; Jansen, R. K. 1994. Characterization and phylogenetic distribution of a chloroplast DNA rearrangement in the Berberidaceae. Pl. Syst. Evol. 193: 107-14. (Other families/genera discussed)
  • Kim, Y. D.; Jansen, R. K. 1997. Phylogenetic implications of rbcL and ITS sequence variation in the Berberidaceae Syst. Bot. 21: 381-96. (Also Ranunculaceae, Menispermaceae, Lardizabalaceae & Papaveraceae)
  • Li, H. L. 1952. Floristic relationships between eastern Asia and eastern North America. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 42: 371-429.
  • Miers, J. A. 1851. A few remarks on the Menispermaceae. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 7: 33-45.
  • Miers, J. A. 1864. On the Menispermaceae. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 14: 49-53, 97-103, 252-61, 363-74.
  • Miers, J. A. 1871. Menispermaceae. Contr. Bot. 3: 1-402.
  • Mitchell, R. S. (eds.) (1983): 1983. Berberidaceae through Fumariaceae of New York State. Vol. NY State Museum Bull. 451. Univ. of the state of NY, Albany, NY. , 66 pages.
  • Morini, F. 1904. Contribuzione allo studio anatomico del caule delle Menispermacee. Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna 10: 647-56.
  • Myers, L. 1924. Tyloses in Menispermum. Bot. Gaz. 78: 453-7.
  • Ortiz, R. D. et.al. 2007. Molecular phylogeny of the moonseed family (Menispermaceae): implications for morphological diversification. Amer. J. Bot. 94: 1425-1438.
  • Payer, J. 1857. Traite d'organogenie comparee de la fleur. Paris. , 748 pages. (In French)
  • Sime, J. 1817. Menispermum canadense. Bot. Mag. 44: pl. 1910.
  • Smith, G. H. 1928. Vascular anatomy of Ranalian flowers, - II. Ranunculaceae (continued), Menispermaceae, Calycanthaceae, Annonaceae. Bot. Gaz. 85: 152-77.
  • Thanikaimoni, G. 1986. Evolution of Menispermaceae. Canad. J. Bot. 64: 3130-3.
  • Thanikaimoni, G. 1984. Menipermacees: Palynologie et Systematique. Travaux de la Section Scientifique et Technique. Volume 18. Institut Francais, Pondicherry, India. (In French?)
  • Young, H. W. 1874. Additions to Suffolk Co. Catalogue. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 34.