| Cyclea | |
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| Cyclea peltata from Kerala, India | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Menispermaceae |
| Genus: | Cyclea Arn. ex Wight, 1840 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Cyclea burmannii (DC.) Hook.f. & Thomson, 1855 [2] | |
| Species | |
See text | |
| Synonyms | |
Cyclea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae.
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