MENISPERMACEAE

Baksh-Comeau, Yasmin S., Maharaj, Shobha S., Adams, Dennis, Harris, Stephen A., Filer, Denis L. & Hawthorne, William D., 2016, An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical ‘ hotspots’, Phytotaxa 250 (1), pp. 448-450 : 448-450

MENISPERMACEAE

Cissampelos pareira L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1031 (1753) Common name: Cat-Ears Bush, Graveyard Bush, Pareira Brava, Patacón, Velvet Leaf. Habit: Climber. Habitat: Roadside thickets and forest margins. IUCN: LC. Star: GN. RBS

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Distribution Plots: TOBAGO: SW Coastal; Scarborough-Plymouth; TRINIDAD: Central Range; Grande Riviere-Matelot ; NW Peninsular Corner; P.O.S.-Santa Cruz; Princes Town; Rio Claro-Mayaro; SW Erin-Guapo; SW Icacos-Cedros; San Fernando; Southern Watershed; Tabaquite-Brickfield. RBS Vegetation Classes: Moist lowland forest (Vegnum 3: 2% RBS samples; Vegnum 4: 9% RBS samples; Vegnum 5: 25% RBS samples); Dry lowland forest (Vegnum 6: 10% RBS samples; Vegnum 7: 20% RBS samples; Vegnum 8: 80% RBS samples). Vouchers (selected): TRINIDAD: Chacachacare, Baksh 1062 (TRIN 29778); Saddle to Piedra Blanca, Adams 13693 (TRIN); Lopinot Road, Adams 13776 (TRIN); between Mora Forest and Sangre Grande , Philcox & Phillips 8352 (K). Global range: Widespread in the subtropics and tropics.

Hyperbaena domingensis (DC.) Benth., J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 5, Suppl. 2: 50 (1861) Habit: Climber. Habitat: Thickets and open forest. IUCN: LC. Star: GN. Vouchers (selected): TRINIDAD: Fullerton, Johnson s.n. (BM, TRIN). Global range: Greater Antilles, Virgin Islands, Lesser Antilles, Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia.

Odontocarya tamoides (DC.) Miers, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, 14: 100 (1864) Habit: Climber. Habitat: Forest margins. IUCN: LC. Star: GN. RBS Distribution Plots: TRINIDAD: Nariva; SW Icacos-Cedros. RBS Vegetation Classes: Dry lowland forest (Vegnum 7: 20% RBS samples). Vouchers (selected): TRINIDAD: Doubloon River, Johnson 739 (BM). Global range: Lesser Antilles, Mexico, Central America, Venezuela, Guianas, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay.

Orthomene schomburgkii (Miers) Barneby & Krukoff, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 22: 80 (1971) Syn: Anomospermum schomburgkii Miers ; Odontocarya hederifolia Miers Habit : Climber. Habitat: Forest margins. IUCN: LC. Star: GN. Vouchers (selected): TRINIDAD: Without locality, Broadway 7552 (BM, US). Global range: Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia.