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4918.000 Cissus
Description of the genus
Erect or climbing perennial herbs or shrubs, sometimes succulent (quadrangularis); tendrils leaf-opposed or 0. Stipules present. Leaves simple (in ours), lobed or digitately 3-7-foliolate. Flowers 4-merous, bisexual, in leaf-opposed or terminal cymes. Fl. bud conic, not constricted at the middle. Disk annular, entire or lobed. Seeds 1(-2). Derivation of name: Cissus is the Greek word for ivy Worldwide: c. 200 species in tropical and warm areas |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Links to maps | FZ divisions | Content |
| cornifolia (Baker) Planch. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| grisea (Baker) Planch. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N | Description, Image |
| integrifolia (Baker) Planch. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,E,S | Description, Image |
| petiolata Hook. f.[LR-nt] | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | Description, Image |
| producta Afzel.[LR-nt] | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | |
| quadrangularis L. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| rotundifolia (Forssk.) Vahl | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E,S | Description, Image |
| trothae Gilg & M. Brandt | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N | |
| welwitschii (Baker) Planch. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S |
Other sources of information about Cissus:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Cissus pageFlora of Mozambique: Cissus
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Cissus
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Cissus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Cissus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cissus
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Cissus
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