Genus: Menispermum

Menispermum canadense
Menispermum canadense   L.  -  Moonseed

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Taken at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, NY, 1999.

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Nomenclature

Menispermum L., Sp. Pl. 1: 340. 1753. Gen. Pl. 158. 1754. LECTOTYPE: Menispermum canadense L. designated by Britton & Brown (1913).

Key to the species of Menispermum

 

List of Menispermum Species

References to Menispermum

  • Bentham, G. 1861. Notes on Menispermaceae. J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 5: 45-52.
  • Breiding, G. H. 1946. Moonseed fruits as bird food. Auk 63: 589.
  • Ernst, W. R. 1964. The genera of Berberidaceae, Lardizabalaceae, and Menispermaceae in the southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor. 45: 1-35.
  • Gorchov, D. L. 1987. Sequence of fruit ripening in bird-dispersed plants: consistency among years. Ecology 68: 223-5.
  • Hollick, A. 1923. Menispermum canadense. Addisonia 8: 41.
  • 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.
  • 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. 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.