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Calycocarpum
Sign in to saveCalycocarpum (cupseed) is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae. The only species currently accepted is Calycocarpum lyonii endemic to the southeastern United States.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderRanunculales
- FamilyMenispermaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 74
- With media
- 48
- Family
- Menispermaceae
- Collections
- NY, CAS, UF, GH, TEX
- Recorded in
- United States
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Calycocarpum (cupseed) is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae. The only species currently accepted is Calycocarpum lyonii endemic to the southeastern United States.
Calycocarpum lyonii has been reported from Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, southeastern Kansas, Missouri, southern Illinois, southern Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, northwestern Florida and southern South Carolina. It grows mostly along stream banks in deciduous forests at elevations less than 350 m.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Calycocarpum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.