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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Cocculus
|accepted_authority=de Candolle
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syst. Nat.
|place=1: 515. 1818
|year=1818
}}
|common_names=Coral beads
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Menispermaceae;Cocculus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Menispermaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cocculus]]</div></div>
|etymology=diminutive of Latin coccum, berry
|volume=Volume 3
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="vine growth form;vine orientation"><b>Vines,</b> twining or clambering.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem coloration;stem pubescence;stem pubescence;stem pubescence;portion life cycle"><b>Stems </b>green, apically tomentose grading to pilose or glabrate on older portions.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>not peltate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade shape;base shape;base shape;base shape;base shape;base shape;margin architecture or shape;apex shape"><b>Leaf-</b>blade generally ovate to hastate or oblong, base cordate, truncate, or rounded, margins entire, apex mucronate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="surface pubescence;surface pubescence">surfaces soft-pubescent or glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence position"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary or terminal, racemes or racemose-panicles;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="beak size">bracts minute (bracteoles).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower arrangement"><b>Flowers </b>3-ranked;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="sepal quantity;sepal shape;sepal shape;sepal shape;sepal shape;outer sepal pubescence;outer sepal pubescence;outer sepal pubescence;outer sepal pubescence;inner sepal pubescence">sepals 6-9, ovate to elliptic or obovate, outer sepals glabrous or pilose to sparsely pilose abaxially, inner sepals glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="petal quantity;petal fusion">petals 6, free.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="flower architecture;petal some measurement;lobe shape;base orientation;stamen quantity"><b>Staminate </b>flowers: petals to 2 mm, auriculate lobes at base inflexed over 6 stamens;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="flower architecture;filament fusion">filaments distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="flower architecture;anther architecture or structure in adjective form">anthers 4-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="flower architecture;pistillode quantity;pistillode presence;pistillode architecture or function or pubescence">pistillodes 36 or absent, glandular.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="flower architecture;perianth architecture"><b>Pistillate </b>flowers: perianth similar to staminate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="flower architecture;staminode quantity;staminode development">staminodes 6, poorly developed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="flower architecture;pistil quantity">pistils 6;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="flower architecture;ovary architecture or shape;ovary pubescence">ovary slightly asymmetrically pouched, glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="flower architecture;stigma architecture or shape">stigma entire.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="drupe shape;drupe pubescence"><b>Drupes </b>globose, glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="">endocarp bony, depressed but not excavate, warty, ribbed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s21" data-properties="endocarp texture;endocarp shape;endocarp architecture;endocarp pubescence or relief;endocarp architecture or shape;x chromosome quantity">x = 13.</span><!--

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|distribution=Temperate regions;North America;Mexico;Asia;Africa
|discussion=<p>Species 11 (2 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Stems with spreading pubescence; leaf blade typically ovate, occasionally sagittate or hastate, abaxially pubescent; sepals of outer series pubescent; drupes red.
|[[Cocculus carolinus|Cocculus carolinus]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Stems with appressed pubescence; leaf blade typically oblong, sometimes basally lobed, abaxially glabrous; sepals of outer series glabrous; drupes black.
|[[Cocculus diversifolius|Cocculus diversifolius]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Cocculus
|author=
|authority=de Candolle
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Menispermaceae
|distribution=Temperate regions;North America;Mexico;Asia;Africa
|reference=None
|publication title=Syst. Nat.
|publication year=1818
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/287ef3db526bd807d435a3c7423ef2df1e951227/V3/V3_371.xml
|genus=Cocculus
|anther architecture or structure in adjective form=4-locular
|apex shape=mucronate
|base orientation=inflexed
|base shape=rounded;truncate;rounded;truncate;cordate
|beak size=minute
|drupe pubescence=glabrous
|drupe shape=globose
|endocarp architecture=not excavate
|endocarp architecture or shape=ribbed
|endocarp pubescence or relief=warty
|endocarp shape=depressed
|endocarp texture=osseous
|filament fusion=distinct
|flower architecture=pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;staminate;staminate;staminate;staminate
|flower arrangement=3-ranked
|inflorescence position=terminal;axillary
|inner sepal pubescence=glabrous
|leaf architecture=not peltate
|leaf-blade shape=generally ovate;hastate or oblong
|lobe shape=auriculate
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|outer sepal pubescence=pilose;sparsely pilose
|ovary architecture or shape=pouched
|ovary pubescence=glabrous
|perianth architecture=staminate
|petal fusion=free
|petal quantity=6
|petal some measurement=0mm;2mm
|pistil quantity=6
|pistillode architecture or function or pubescence=glandular
|pistillode presence=absent
|pistillode quantity=36
|portion life cycle=older
|sepal quantity=6;9
|sepal shape=ovate;elliptic or obovate
|stamen quantity=6
|staminode development=developed
|staminode quantity=6
|stem coloration=green
|stem pubescence=glabrate;pilose;tomentose
|stigma architecture or shape=entire
|surface pubescence=glabrous;soft-pubescent
|vine growth form=twining
|vine orientation=clambering
|x chromosome quantity=13
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