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
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. It contains only one known species, Sinomenium acutum, native to China, northern India, Nepal, Japan, and northern Thailand.

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.

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