View source for Menispermum canadense

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|accepted_name=Menispermum canadense
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 340. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Moonseed;Canada moonseed;ménisperme du Canada;raison de couleuvre
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Menispermaceae;Menispermum;Menispermum canadense
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Menispermaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Menispermum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Menispermum canadense]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Vines </b>or lianas, vines twining, to ca. 5 m; rhizomes to 1 cm diam. <b>Leaves</b> peltate with petiole inserted to 11 mm from margin, rarely not peltate; petiole to 20 cm. <b>Leaf</b> blade ovate or nearly orbiculate, rarely reniform, to 23 × 24 cm, membranous; venation 7-12. <b>Inflorescences</b> to 18 cm; rachis glabrous or sparsely pilose. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals (4-)5-8, ovate, elliptic, or obovate, 1-4 × 0.4-1.8 mm, glabrous or sparsely pilose; petals 4-12, elliptic to nearly orbiculate or obovate, 0.6-2 × 0.6-2 mm, margins slightly involute, glabrous. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: stamens to 4 mm. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: staminodes to 0.8(-1.5) mm; pistils 2-4, to 1.4 mm. <b>Drupes</b> black or bluish black, 8-13 mm diam., often glaucous. <b>2n</b> = 52.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–summer.
|habitat=Deciduous woods and thickets, along streams, bluffs and rocky hillsides, fencerows, shade tolerant
|elevation=0-700 m
|distribution=Man.;Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|discussion=<p>The fruit of <i>Menispermum canadense</i> is thought to be poisonous. This species is sometimes grown as an ornamental.</p><!--
--><p>Some Native American tribes used <i>Menispermum canadense</i> medicinally as dermatological, gastrointestinal, gynecological, and venereal aids, and as remedies for various other complaints (D. E. Moerman 1986).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Menispermum canadense
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Menispermaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–summer.
|habitat=Deciduous woods and thickets, along streams, bluffs and rocky hillsides, fencerows, shade tolerant
|elevation=0-700 m
|distribution=Man.;Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Endemic;Illustrated
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_645.xml
|genus=Menispermum
|species=Menispermum canadense
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