Nephroia

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]

Nephroia
N. carolina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Menispermaceae
Genus:	Nephroia Lour. (1790), nom. rej.
Species[1]
Nephroia carolina (L.) L.Lian & Wei Wang Nephroia diversifolia (DC.) L.Lian & Wei Wang Nephroia orbiculata (L.) L.Lian & Wei Wang
Synonyms[1]
Androphylax J.C.Wendl. (1798) Baumgartia Moench (1794) Cocculidium Spach (1839) Ferrandia Gaudich. (1829) Wendlandia Willd. (1799), nom. rej.

Species

• 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