Kingdom Plantae Family Menispermaceae Rank Genus | Order Gentianales Higher classification Menispermaceae | |
Similar Sinomenium acutum, Menispermaceae, Pachygone, Stephania, Cocculus | ||
Sinomenium is a genus of plant in family Menispermaceae first described as a genus in 1910. It contains only one known species, Sinomenium acutum, native to China, northern India, Nepal, Japan, and northern Thailand.
Fossil record
Sinomenium macrofossils have been recovered from the late Zanclean stage of Pliocene sites in Pocapaglia, Italy. Macrofossils of Sinomenium cantalense have been recovered from the Zanclean stage of the Pliocene epoch in Western Georgia in the Caucasus region.
References
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