Coscinium (Menispermaceae)

Coscinium fenestratum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ranunculales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Ordo: Ranunculales

Familia: Menispermaceae
Subfamilia: Chasmantheroideae
Tribus: Coscinieae
Genus: Coscinium

Species (2): C. blumeanum – C. fenestratum

Source(s) of checklist:
List based on accepted species according to Forman (1978) – see references.

Names in synonymy: Coscinium colaniae – C. maingayi – C. miosepalum – C. peltatum – C. usitatum – C. wallichianum – C. wightianum – Pereiria medica

Name

Coscinium Colebr., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13(1): 51. (1821).

• Type species: Coscinium fenestratum (Gaertn.) Colebr., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13(1): 65. 1821.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Pereiria Lindl., Fl. Med.: 370–371. (1838).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent India, Sri Lanka Indo-China Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Sumatera References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Colebrooke, H.T. 1821. On the Indian Species of Menispermum. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13(1): 44–68. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Forman, L.L. 1978. A revision of the tribe Coscinieae Hook. f. & Thoms. (Menispermaceae). The Menispermaceae of Malesia and adjacent areas: IX. Kew Bulletin 32: 323–338. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Forman, L.L. 1986. Menispermaceae. Pp. 157–253 in Van Steenis, C.G.G.J. & De Wilde, W.J.J.O. (eds.), Flora Malesiana, Ser. I, Vol. 10(2). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. BHL. Reference page. 
• Forman, L.L. 1988. A synopsis of Thai Menispermaceae. Kew Bulletin 43: 369–407. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Forman, L.L. 1991. Menispermaceae. Pp. 300–365 in Smitinand, T. & Larsen, K. (eds.), Flora of Thailand, Vol. 5(3). The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department, Bangkok. Reference page. 
• Forman, L.L. 1995. Menispermaceae. Pp. 301–319 in Dassanayake, M.D., Fosberg, F.R. (†) & Clayton, W.D. (eds.), A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon, Vol. IX. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. Reference page. 
• Pramanik, A. & Gangopadhyay, M. 1993. Menispermaceae. Pp. 308–350 in Sharma, B.D., Balakrishnan, N.P., Rao, R.R. & Hajra, P.K. (eds.), Flora of India, Vol. 1, Ranunculaceae–Barclayaceae. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Coscinium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Oct. 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Coscinium (Menispermaceae). Published online. Accessed: 30 March 2019.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Coscinium (Menispermaceae) in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 March 30.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Pereiria in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 March 30.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Coscinium (Menispermaceae).
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Coscinium (Menispermaceae) in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2019-03-30.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Coscinium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 March 30. Reference page. 

• Tropicos.org 2019. Coscinium (Menispermaceae). Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 March 2019.

Vernacular names

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