View source for Cocculus carolinus

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|accepted_name=Cocculus carolinus
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) de Candolle
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syst. Nat.
|place=1: 524. 1818
|year=1818
}}
|common_names=Red-berried moonseed;coral vine;margil;hierba de ojo
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Menispermum carolinum
|authority=Linnaeus
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Epibaterium carolinum
|authority=(Linnaeus) Britton
}}
|hierarchy=Menispermaceae;Cocculus;Cocculus carolinus
|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 class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Cocculus carolinus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Vines,</b> to 5 m or more; rhizomes to 1.4 cm diam. <b>Stems</b> with spreading pubescence. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole to 10 cm. <b>Leaf</b> blade generally ovate or deltate, sometimes sagittate or hastate, to 17 × 14 cm, membranous to leathery, base sometimes with 3-5 lobes, margins usually entire, apex acuminate to rounded, then often retuse, mucronate; surfaces abaxially slightly pale, rarely glaucous, sparsely to densely pilose, adaxially glabrous to sparsely pilose; venation 5. <b>Inflorescences</b> to 22 cm; bracteoles often present; rachis glabrous or tomentose, not glaucous. <b>Flowers</b>: perianth parts not glaucous; sepals in 3 series, outer sepals 0-3, ovate, 0.3-1.4 × 0.2-0.8 mm, pilose, middle 3 sepals ovate to elliptic or obovate, 1-3 × 0.6-2 mm, glabrous to pilose, inner 3 sepals elliptic to nearly orbiculate or obovate, 0.8-3 × 0.8-2 mm, glabrous to sparsely pilose; petals (5-)6, yellow, elliptic, deltate, rhombic, obovate, or nearly orbiculate, 0.6-2 × 0.4-1.4 mm, glabrous. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: stamens (5-)6, to 2.2 mm; pistillodes to 0.5 mm. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: staminodes to 0.8 mm; pistils to 2 mm. <b>Drupes</b> red, 5-8 mm diam. <b>2n</b> = 78.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–early fall.
|habitat=Woodland and shrub borders, along streams, fencerows, waste places
|elevation=0-500 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;Mexico.
|discussion=<p>Cocculus carolinus was used by some Native American tribes medicinally to treat blood ailments (D. E. Moerman 1986).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Cocculus carolinus
|author=
|authority=(Linnaeus) de Candolle
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Epibaterium carolinum
|basionyms=Menispermum carolinum
|family=Menispermaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–early fall.
|habitat=Woodland and shrub borders, along streams, fencerows, waste places
|elevation=0-500 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=Syst. Nat.
|publication year=1818
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_301.xml
|genus=Cocculus
|species=Cocculus carolinus
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