Nephroia diversifolia

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| status = G4

| status_system = TNC

| status_ref = {{cite web |title=NatureServe Explorer 2.0 |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.142335/Cocculus_diversifolius |website=explorer.natureserve.org |access-date=20 April 2023}}

| genus = Nephroia

| species = diversifolia

| authority = (DC.) L.Lian & Wei Wang (2020)

| synonyms =

  • Cebatha diversifolia (DC.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Cebatha miqueliana Kuntze (1891)
  • Cocculus diversifolius DC. (1817)A.P. de Candolle, Regni Vegetabilis Systema Naturale 1: 523. 1818.
  • Cocculus oblongifolius DC. (1817)
  • Epibaterium diversifolium (DC.) Tidestr. (1935)
  • Menispermum oblongifolium (DC.) Spreng. (1825)

|synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77318397-1 Nephroia diversifolia (DC.) L.Lian & Wei Wang]. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 January 2024.

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Nephroia diversifolia is a vine with the common name sarsaparilla or correjuela. It is native to Arizona, Texas, and much of Mexico as far south as Oaxaca. It is a vine climbing up to 3 m, with white to yellowish flowers and dark purple fruits up to 6 mm in diameter.J. E. Laferriere. 1992. Menispermaceae, Moon-seed Family. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 27:237-238.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=220003080 Flora of North America, vol 3]

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