Sinomenium

Sinomenium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Menispermaceae
Genus:	Sinomenium Diels
Binomial name
Sinomenium acutum (Thunb.) Rehder & E.H.Wilson
Type species
Sinomenium diversifolium Diels
Synonyms[1]
Cocculus diversifolius Miq. 1867, illegitimate homonym, not DC. 1817 Cocculus diversifolius var. cinereus Diels Cocculus variiformis Hemsl. Marsdenia acuta (Thunb.) Tanaka Menispermum acutum Thunb. Menispermum diversifolium Spreng. Menispermum diversifolium Gagnep. Menispermum diversifolium var. molle Gagnep. Sinomenium acutum var. cinereum (Diels) Rehder & E.H.Wilson Sinomenium diversifolium Diels

Sinomenium is a genus of plant in family Menispermaceae first described as a genus in 1910.^[2] It contains only one known species, Sinomenium acutum, native to China, northern India, Nepal, Japan, and northern Thailand.^[3]

Fossil record

Sinomenium macrofossils have been recovered from the late Zanclean stage of Pliocene sites in Pocapaglia, Italy.^[4]

References

1. The Plant List, Sinomenium acutum (Thunb.) Rehder & E.H.Wilson
2. Diels, Friedrich Ludwig Emil. 1910. Das Pflanzenreich IV. 94(Heft 46): 254, 204
3. Flora of China Vol. 7 Page 15 风龙 feng long Sinomenium acutum (Thunberg) Rehder & E. H. Wilson in Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 1: 387. 1913.
4. Messian to Zanclean vegetation and climate of Northern and Central Italy by Adele Bertini & Edoardo Martinetto, Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana, 47 (2), 2008, 105-121. Modena, 11 lugio 2008.