- Family:
- Vitaceae Juss.
Cissus L.

[FZ]
Vitaceae, H. Wild & R. B. Drummond. Flora Zambesiaca 2:2. 1966
- Morphology General Habit
- Erect or climbing perennial herbs or shrubs; tendrils leaf-opposed or absent.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves simple or more rarely lobed or digitately 3–7-foliolate, margins variously toothed, rarely entire; stipules present.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescences in leaf-opposed or terminal or rarely axillary cymes with the flowers in umbels on the ultimate branchlets.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flower-bud conical, not constricted at the middle. Flowers 4-merous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx entire or 4-lobed.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals cucullate at the apex, becoming deflexed after anthesis, caducous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Anthers
- Anthers on short filaments.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc
- Disk annular, ± adnate to ovary, entire or lobed.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Style simple, subulate; stigma subulate or subcapitate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit usually 1-seeded.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seed oblong, ovoid or subspherical, often abruptly narrowed at one end and sometimes with a dorsal crest.
[FTEA]
Vitaceae, Bernard Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1993
- Morphology General Habit
- Erect or climbing perennial herbs, massive woody lianes or shrubs, sometimes ± succulent; often glandular; rootstock tuberous; tendrils nearly always present, leaf-opposed
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves simple, entire or lobed or digitately 3–7-foliolate, petiolate or rarely sessile; leaflet margins entire to variously toothed; stipules present but often soon falling
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescences nearly always leaf-opposed but sometimes terminal or axillary cymes, the ultimate components umbelliform; bracts and bracteoles present
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers 4-merous; buds ovoid or conical, not constricted in the middle
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx entire or 4-lobed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals cucullate at the apex, becoming deflexed, deciduous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc
- Disk annular or sinuate-annular, entire or lobed, adnate to the ovary which is sometimes almost entirely included
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary with 2 locules each with 2 ovules; style cylindric or cylindric-conic; stigma subulate or subcapitate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruits usually 1-seeded
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seed oblong, ovoid or subspherical, often beaked, sometimes with a dorsal crest and two ventral pits.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Erect or climbing perennial herbs, lianes or shrubs, sometimes succulent, nearly always with leaf-opposed tendrils
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves simple, entire or lobed or digitately 3–7-foliolate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Flowers 4-merous, in usually leaf-opposed but sometimes terminal or axillary cymes; buds ovoid or conical, not constricted at the middle
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx entire or 4-lobed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals becoming deflexed, deciduous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc
- Disk annular, entire or lobed, adnate to the ovary
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
- Style cylindric or cylindric-conic, with subulate to subcapitate stigma
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruits usually 1-seeded
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seed oblong to subglobose, often beaked, sometimes with a dorsal crest and two ventral pits.
- Distribution
- Some 280 species in all tropical regions and extending into the subtropics.
Native to:
Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kansas, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Mexico, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oklahoma, Oman, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Cook Is., Hawaii, Marianas, Seychelles
- Cissus acrantha Lauterb.
- Cissus acreensis Lombardi
- Cissus adamii Detoit
- Cissus adeyana Masinde & L.E.Newton
- Cissus adnata Roxb.
- Cissus alata Jacq.
- Cissus albida Cambess.
- Cissus albiporcata Masinde & L.E.Newton
- Cissus amapaensis Lombardi
- Cissus ambongensis Desc.
- Cissus amoena Gilg & M.Brandt
- Cissus amplexicaulis Trias-Blasi & J.Parn.
- Cissus anemonifolia Zipp. ex Miq.
- Cissus angustata Ridl.
- Cissus anisophylla Lombardi
- Cissus annamica Gagnep.
- Cissus antandroy Desc.
- Cissus antarctica Vent.
- Cissus anulata Desc.
- Cissus apendiculata Lombardi
- Cissus aphylla Chiov.
- Cissus aphyllantha Gilg
- Cissus araguainensis Lombardi
- Cissus aralioides (Welw. ex Baker) Planch.
- Cissus arguta Hook.f.
- Cissus aristata Blume
- Cissus aristolochiifolia Planch.
- Cissus aristolochioides Planch.
- Cissus arnottiana B.V.Shetty & Par.Singh
- Cissus assamica (M.A.Lawson) Craib
- Cissus astrotricha Gagnep.
- Cissus aubertiana (Gage) P.Singh & B.V.Shetty
- Cissus auricoma Desc.
- Cissus austroyunnanensis Y.H.Li & Y.Zhang
- Cissus bachmaensis Gagnep.
- Cissus bahiensis Lombardi
- Cissus barbeyana De Wild. & T.Durand
- Cissus barteri (Baker) Planch.
- Cissus bathyrhakodes Werderm.
- Cissus bauerlenii Planch.
- Cissus behrmannii Lauterb.
- Cissus bequaertii Detoit
- Cissus bicolor Domin
- Cissus biformifolia Standl.
- Cissus blanchetiana Planch.
- Cissus boivinii Planch.
- Cissus bosseri Desc.
- Cissus bracteosa Lombardi
- Cissus brevipes C.V.Morton & Standl.
- Cissus cactiformis Gilg
- Cissus cacuminis Standl.
- Cissus caesia Afzel.
- Cissus calcicola Craib
- Cissus camiriensis Lombardi
- Cissus campestris (Baker) Planch.
- Cissus carrissoi Exell & Mendonça
- Cissus cerasiformis (Teijsm. & Binn.) Planch.
- Cissus coccinea (Baker) Mart. ex Planch.
- Cissus cochinchinensis Spreng.
- Cissus colombiensis Lombardi
- Cissus comosa Desc.
- Cissus compressiflora Lombardi
- Cissus conchigera Ridl.
- Cissus convolvulacea Planch.
- Cissus cornifolia (Baker) Planch.
- Cissus corylifolia (Baker) Planch.
- Cissus coursii Desc.
- Cissus craibii Gagnep.
- Cissus crusei Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- Cissus cucumerifolia Planch.
- Cissus cucurbitina Standl.
- Cissus cuspidata Planch.
- Cissus cussonioides Schinz
- Cissus darik Miq.
- Cissus dasyantha Gilg & M.Brandt
- Cissus dealbata Bedd.
- Cissus decaryi Wahlert & Phillipson
- Cissus decidua Lombardi
- Cissus descoingsii Lombardi
- Cissus dewevrei De Wild. & T.Durand
- Cissus dichotoma Blume
- Cissus diffusiflora (Baker) Planch.
- Cissus dinklagei Gilg & M.Brandt
- Cissus discolor Blume
- Cissus diversilobata C.A.Sm.
- Cissus doeringii Gilg & M.Brandt
- Cissus duarteana Cambess.
- Cissus duboisii Dewit
- Cissus egestosa Werderm.
- Cissus ellenbeckii Gilg & M.Brandt
- Cissus elongata Roxb.
- Cissus erecta S.H.Cho & Y.D.Kim
- Cissus erosa Rich.
- Cissus evrardii Gagnep.
- Cissus fanshawei Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- Cissus farinosa Planch.
- Cissus faucicola Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- Cissus flavifolia Lombardi
- Cissus floribunda (Baker) Planch.
- Cissus forsteniana (Miq.) Planch.
- Cissus fragilis E.Mey. ex Harv.
- Cissus fuliginea Kunth
- Cissus furcifera Chiov.
- Cissus fusifolia Lombardi
- Cissus gambiana Desc.
- Cissus gardneri Thwaites
- Cissus glandulosa (Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.) J.F.Gmel.
- Cissus glaucophylla Hook.f.
- Cissus glaucotricha Lombardi
- Cissus glossopetala (Baker) Suess.
- Cissus glyptocarpa Thwaites
- Cissus gongylodes (Baker) Burch. ex Baker
- Cissus gossweileri Exell & Mendonça
- Cissus gossypiifolia Standl.
- Cissus goudotii Planch.
- Cissus grisea (Baker) Planch.
- Cissus guerkeana (Büttner) T.Durand & Schinz
- Cissus haematantha Miq.
- Cissus hamaderohensis Radcl.-Sm.
- Cissus hastata Miq.
- Cissus heteroma Turcz.
- Cissus heterophylla Poir.
- Cissus heterotoma Turcz.
- Cissus hexangularis Thorel ex Planch.
- Cissus heyneana Steud.
- Cissus hookeri Ridl.
- Cissus humbertiana Desc.
- Cissus humbertii Robyns & Lawalrée
- Cissus hypoglauca A.Gray
- Cissus integrifolia Planch.
- Cissus intermedia A.Rich.
- Cissus inundata (Baker) Planch.
- Cissus kerrii Craib
- Cissus koordersii (Backer) Amshoff
- Cissus kouandeensis A.Chev.
- Cissus kouilouensis Desc.
- Cissus lamprophylla Gilg & M.Brandt
- Cissus lanea Desc.
- Cissus latifolia Lam.
- Cissus lebrunii Dewit
- Cissus leemansii Dewit
- Cissus lemurica Desc.
- Cissus lenticellata (Baker) Suess.
- Cissus leonardii Dewit
- Cissus leucophlea (Scott Elliot) Suess.
- Cissus lineata Warb.
- Cissus lonchiphylla Thwaites
- Cissus longicymosa Lombardi
- Cissus louisii Detoit
- Cissus luzoniensis (Merr.) C.L.Li
- Cissus macrobotrys Turcz.
- Cissus macrophylla Jungh.
- Cissus madecassa Desc.
- Cissus marcanii Craib
- Cissus mauritiana Desc.
- Cissus mexicana Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
- Cissus microcarpa Vahl
- Cissus microdonta (Baker) Planch.
- Cissus miegei Tchoumé
- Cissus migeodii Verdc.
- Cissus milnei Verdc.
- Cissus mirabilis (Urb. & Ekman) Lombardi
- Cissus morifolia Planch.
- Cissus narinensis Lombardi
- Cissus neei Croat
- Cissus nicaraguensis Lombardi
- Cissus nigropilosa Dewit
- Cissus nobilis Kuhlm.
- Cissus nodosa Blume
- Cissus notabilis Doweld
- Cissus novemfolia (Wall. ex M.A.Lawson) Planch.
- Cissus nymphaeifolia (Welw. ex Baker) Planch.
- Cissus obliqua Ruiz & Pav.
- Cissus oblonga (Benth.) Planch.
- Cissus oblongifolia Merr.
- Cissus obovata Vahl
- Cissus oliveri (Engl.) Gilg ex Engl.
- Cissus oreophila Gilg & M.Brandt
- Cissus osaensis Lombardi
- Cissus oxyodonta (Baker) Desc.
- Cissus palmata Poir.
- Cissus palmatifida (Baker) Planch.
- Cissus paniculata (Balf.f.) Planch.
- Cissus paraensis Lombardi
- Cissus parviflora Schult. & Schult.f.
- Cissus patellicalyx Lombardi
- Cissus paucinervia Lombardi
- Cissus paullinifolia Vell.
- Cissus peltata Turcz.
- Cissus penninervis (F.Muell.) Planch.
- Cissus pentaclada Jackes
- Cissus pentagona Roxb.
- Cissus perrieri Desc.
- Cissus peruviana Lombardi
- Cissus petiolata Hook.f.
- Cissus phymatocarpa Masinde & L.E.Newton
- Cissus picardae Urb.
- Cissus pileata Desc.
- Cissus pingtungensis S.S.Ying
- Cissus pinnatifolia Lombardi
- Cissus planchoniana Gilg
- Cissus planchonii Gagnep.
- Cissus polita Desc.
- Cissus polyantha Gilg & M.Brandt
- Cissus populnea Guill. & Perr.
- Cissus producta Afzel.
- Cissus prunifera Desc.
- Cissus × pseudocaesia Gilg & M.Brandt
- Cissus pseudofuliginea Lombardi
- Cissus pseudoguerkeana Verdc.
- Cissus pseudopolyantha Mildbr.
- Cissus pseudoverticillata Lombardi
- Cissus psoralifolia (F.Muell.) Planch.
- Cissus pteroclada Hayata
- Cissus pubinervis Blume
- Cissus pulcherrima Vell.
- Cissus pynaertii De Wild.
- Cissus quadrangularis L.
- Cissus quadricornuta (Miq.) Hochr.
- Cissus quarrei Dewit
- Cissus quinquangularis Chiov.
- Cissus reniformis Domin
- Cissus repanda (Wight & Arn.) Vahl
- Cissus repens Lam.
- Cissus rhamnoidea Planch.
- Cissus rheifolia Planch.
- Cissus rhodotricha (Baker) Desc.
- Cissus robinsonii (Ridl.) Craib
- Cissus rondoensis Verdc.
- Cissus rostrata (Miq.) Korth. ex Planch.
- Cissus rotundifolia Vahl
- Cissus rubiginosa (Welw. ex Baker) Planch.
- Cissus rubropilosa Lombardi
- Cissus rufescens Guill. & Perr.
- Cissus ruginosicarpa Desc.
- Cissus ruspolii Gilg
- Cissus sagittifer Desc.
- Cissus salehi Lodé
- Cissus saponaria (Benth.) Planch.
- Cissus schmitzii Dewit
- Cissus sciaphila Gilg
- Cissus senegalensis Lavie
- Cissus serroniana (Glaz.) Lombardi
- Cissus serrulatifolia L.O.Williams
- Cissus silvestris Tchoumé
- Cissus smithiana (Baker) Planch.
- Cissus spinosa Cambess.
- Cissus sterculiifolia (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Planch.
- Cissus stipulata Vell.
- Cissus subaphylla (Balf.f.) Planch.
- Cissus suberecta Bedd.
- Cissus subhastata Gagnep.
- Cissus subramanyamii B.V.Shetty & Par.Singh
- Cissus subrhomboidea (Baker) Planch.
- Cissus sue Gilg & M.Brandt
- Cissus sulcicaulis (Baker) Planch.
- Cissus sulfurosa Desc.
- Cissus sumatrana Latiff
- Cissus surinamensis Desc.
- Cissus sylvicola Masinde & L.E.Newton
- Cissus terengganuensis Latiff
- Cissus teysmannii Miq.
- Cissus tiliacea Kunth
- Cissus tiliiformis Desc.
- Cissus tinctoria Mart.
- Cissus touraensis A.Chev.
- Cissus trianae Planch.
- Cissus trifoliata (L.) L.
- Cissus trigona Willd.
- Cissus triloba (Lour.) Merr.
- Cissus triternata Miq.
- Cissus trothae Gilg & M.Brandt
- Cissus ursina Lombardi
- Cissus uvifer Afzel.
- Cissus venezuelensis Steyerm.
- Cissus verticillata (L.) Nicolson & C.E.Jarvis
- Cissus vinosa Jackes
- Cissus viridescens Ridl.
- Cissus vitiginea L.
- Cissus voanonala (Baker) Suess.
- Cissus wallacei Verdc.
- Cissus wellmanii Gilg & M.Brandt
- Cissus welwitschii (Baker) Planch.
- Cissus wenshanensis C.L.Li
- Cissus woodrowii (Stapf ex Cooke) Santapau
- Cissus wrightiana Planch.
- Cissus xerophila Lombardi
- Cissus youngii Exell & Mendonça
- Cissus zombitsy Desc.
Cissus L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Cruse, A.W. [214], Zambia | 11502.000 | No | |||
Tanner, R. [468], Tanzania | 11503.000 | No | |||
Wild, H. [35562], Zimbabwe | 11504.000 | No | |||
White, F. [2483], Zambia | 11505.000 | No | |||
Cruse, A.W. [79], Zambia | 11506.000 | No | |||
Cruse, A.W. [25A], Zambia | 11507.000 | No | |||
Cruse, A.W. [125A], Zambia | 11508.000 | No | |||
Cruse, A.W. [229], Zambia | 15549.000 | No | |||
Angus, A. [1006], Zambia | 15890.000 | No | |||
Bally, P.R.O. [817], Kenya | 16452.000 | No | |||
Bally, P.R.O. [12150], Tanzania | 18861.009 | No | |||
Bally, P.R.O. [B9580], Somalia | 25683.000 | No | |||
Drummond, R. [2344A], Tanzania | 25688.000 | No | |||
Myers, J.G. [11760], Sudan | 3206.000 | No | |||
Bally, P.R.O. [B14901], Kenya | 34621.000 | No | |||
Wild, H. [G.H.40734], Zimbabwe | 35217.000 | No | |||
Tweedie, E.M., Kenya | 4957.000 | No | |||
Fay, J.M. [8404], Central African Republic | 60367.000 | No | |||
Harris, D.J. [2242], Central African Republic | 63046.000 | No | |||
Faulkner, H. [3156], Tanzania | 7113.000 | No | |||
Andrews, F.W. [1917], Sudan | 9823.000 | No | |||
Wild, H. [40773], Zimbabwe | 9824.000 | No | |||
Dalziel, J.M. [66], Nigeria | 9825.000 | No | |||
White, F. [1959], Zambia | 9826.000 | No | |||
Drummond, R.B. [3516], Tanzania | 9827.000 | No | |||
Wight [s.n.], Myanmar | K000736458 | Yes | |||
Etuge, M. [1850], Cameroon | K000339744 | No |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 117 (1753)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Sp. Pl. 1: 117 (1753)
- Suessenguth in E. & P. Pflanzenfam. 20D: 237 (1953).
Flora Zambesiaca
- Descoings in Not. Syst. 16: 113–125 (1960).
- Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 53 (1754).
- Sp. Pl. 1: 117 (1753)
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 53 (1754)
- Sp. Pl.: 117 (1753)
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