# Cocculus

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{automatic taxobox
| image = Cocculus_hirsutus_Pune.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Cocculus hirsutus](/source/Cocculus_hirsutus)''
| taxon = Cocculus
| authority = [DC.](/source/Augustin_Pyramus_de_Candolle) (1817)
| type_species = ''[Cocculus villosus](/source/Cocculus_villosus)''
| type_species_authority = DC. (1817)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tropicos.org/NameDetails.aspx?nameid=40011032 |title=''Cocculus'' DC. |work=TROPICOS |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden |accessdate=2009-12-07}}</ref>
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 4; see text
| subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331500-2 ''Cocculus'' DC.] ''[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)''. Retrieved 21 January 2024.</ref>
| synonyms = ''Holopeira'' {{small|Miers (1851)}}
| synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo/>
}}

'''''Cocculus''''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɒ|k|juː|l|ə|s}}<ref>''Sunset Western Garden Book'', 1995:606–607</ref> is a genus of four species of [woody](/source/woody_plant) [vine](/source/vine)s and [shrub](/source/shrub)s, native to  [tropical](/source/Tropics) and [subtropical](/source/subtropics) regions of Africa and Asia.<ref name = powo/>

==Species==
Four species are accepted:<ref name = powo/>
*''[Cocculus hirsutus](/source/Cocculus_hirsutus)'' <small>(L.) [Diels](/source/Ludwig_Diels)<!--1910--></small> – tropical [Africa](/source/Africa) east to [India](/source/India) and [Nepal](/source/Nepal)
*''[Cocculus madagascariensis](/source/Cocculus_madagascariensis)'' {{small|Diels}} – Madagascar
*''[Cocculus prainianus](/source/Cocculus_prainianus)'' {{small|(Diels) A.Pramanik & Thoth.}} – [Nagaland](/source/Nagaland) and [Nicobar Islands](/source/Nicobar_Islands)
*''[Cocculus taiwanianus](/source/Cocculus_taiwanianus)'' {{small|S.S.Ying}} – Taiwan

===Formerly placed here===
*''[Jateorhiza palmata](/source/Jateorhiza_palmata)'' <small>(Lam.) Miers</small> (as ''C. palmatus'' <small>(Lam.) DC.</small>)
*''[Nephroia carolina](/source/Nephroia_carolina)'' <small>(L.) L.Lian & Wei Wang</small> (as ''C. carolinus'' {{small|(L.) DC.}})
*''[Nephroia diversifolia](/source/Nephroia_diversifolia)'' <small>(DC.) L.Lian & Wei Wang</small> (as ''C. diversifolius'' {{small|DC.}})
*''[Nephroia orbiculata](/source/Nephroia_orbiculata)'' <small>(L.) L.Lian & Wei Wang</small> (as ''C. orbiculatus'' {{small|(L.) DC.}} and ''C. sarmentosus'' {{small|(Lour.) Diels}})
*''[Pachygone laurifolia](/source/Pachygone_laurifolia)'' {{small|(DC.) L.Lian & Wei Wang}} (as ''C. laurifolius'' {{small|DC.}})
*''[Pericampylus glaucus](/source/Pericampylus_glaucus)'' <small>(Lam.) Merr.</small> (as ''C. incanus'' <small>Colebr.</small>)
*''[Sinomenium acutum](/source/Sinomenium_acutum)'' <small>(Thunb.) Rehder & E.H.Wilson</small> (as ''C. acutus'' {{small|(Thunb.) Makino}}, ''C. diversifolius'' <small>Miq.</small>, and ''C. heterophyllus'' {{small|Hemsl. & E.H.Wilson}})
*''[Tinospora cordifolia](/source/Tinospora_cordifolia)'' <small>(Willd.) Hook.f. & Thomson</small> (as ''C. cordifolius'' <small>(Willd.) DC.</small>)<ref name="GRINSpecies">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?2741 |title=GRIN Species Records of ''Cocculus'' |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |accessdate=2011-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120162813/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?2741 |archive-date=2009-01-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commonscat-inline|Cocculus|''Cocculus''}}
{{Wikispecies-inline|Cocculus|''Cocculus''}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060910152118/http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/frame/coca.htm ''Cocculus carolinus'' images at bioimages.vanderbilt.edu]

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Category:Menispermaceae genera
Category:Paleotropical flora

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