Nephroia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae. It includes three species with a disjunct distribution, with two species in Mexico and the southern and central United States, and one species which ranges from eastern Asia to the South Pacific.[1]
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| N. carolina | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Menispermaceae |
| Genus: | Nephroia Lour. (1790), nom. rej. |
| Species[1] | |
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Species edit
- Nephroia carolina (L.) L.Lian & Wei Wang – red-berried moonseed or Carolina moonseed, Kansas and Indiana through the southern United States to northeastern Mexico
- Nephroia diversifolia (DC.) L.Lian & Wei Wang – southern Arizona and southern Texas to southwestern Mexico
- Nephroia orbiculata (L.) L.Lian & Wei Wang – Himalayas to Japan and the Central Pacific
References edit
- ^ a b c Nephroia Lour. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 January 2024.