Vitaceae
Cissus

Cissus diffusiflora (Baker) Planch.

First published in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 5: 496 (1887)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a climber and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Berhaut, J. (1971). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 1: 1-626. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Robyns, W. & al. (eds.) (1948-1963). Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1-10.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1993). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Vitaceae: 1-149.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Gilg & Brandt in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 46: 479.
  • in DC. Monogr. Ampelid. 496 (1887)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Berhaut, J. (1971). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 1: 1-626. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Descoings in Fl. Cameroun 13: 122, t. 44 (1972).
  • Descoings in Fl. Gabon 14: 101 (1968)
  • Dewit in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 9: 628 (1960).
  • Gilg & Brandt in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 46: 479 (1912).
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 678 (1958).
  • Lavie, Vitacées Ouest afric., Esp. sénégal.: 55, t. 7 (1990).
  • Planch. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 5: 496 (1887).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2006 Harvey, Y.B. [76] Cameroon K000380173 Yes
Jan 1, 2006 Cheek, M. [11041] Cameroon K000380172 Yes
Jan 1, 2006 Harvey, Y.B. [126] Cameroon K000380189 Yes
Nov 1, 2004 Harvey, Y.B. [210] Cameroon K000380171 Yes
Jun 1, 2004 Cheek, M. [10436] Cameroon K000198730 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Ghogue ; Warren, D. ; Ndode, F. [1277] Cameroon K001495546 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [9401] Cameroon K000197587 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Zapfack, L. [690] Cameroon K000197592 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Etuge, M. [2522] Cameroon K000197588 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [9383] Cameroon K000197589 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Lane, P. [176] Cameroon K000197591 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Lane, P. [401] Cameroon K000197580 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Pollard, B.J. [607] Cameroon K000197634 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Sidwell, K. [314] Cameroon K000197590 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [10419] Cameroon K000197593 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Etuge, M. [173] Cameroon K000093442 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [806] Cameroon K000086488 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [851] Cameroon K000086490 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [806] Cameroon K000086489 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [851] Cameroon K000086482 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Ndam, N. [715] Cameroon K000086487 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Akogo, M. [91] Cameroon K000086486 Yes
Mann [570] K000322787 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bissiengou, P.; Bretler, F.J.; Niangadouma, R.; Boussiengui, J.-N. [679] Gabon K001418988 Yes
Cheek, M. [10880] Cameroon K000875829 Yes
Brunt, M.A. [1216] Cameroon K000093444 Yes
Don, G. Cissus afzelii K000322789 Unknown Type Material Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [3830] Cissus afzelii K000322788 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0