Vitaceae
Cissus

Cissus erosa Rich.

First published in Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 106 (1792)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is a liana and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as a medicine, has environmental uses and social uses and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Araújo, D. & Alves, M. (2010). Climbing plants of a fragmented area of lowland Atlantic forest, Igarassu, Pernambuco (northeastern Brazil). Phytotaxa 8: 1-24.
  • Balick, M. J., M. H. Nee & D.E. Atha (2000). Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 85: 1-246.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Descoings, B. (2011). Contribution à l'étude des Vitacées d'Amérique tropicale IV - Cissus erosa, C. sicyoides et C. ulmifolia. Le Journal de Botanique de la Société Botanique de France 53: 37-54.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Ibarra-Manríquez, G. & al. (2015). Lianas of Mexico. Botanical Sciences 93: 365-417.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Monro, A.K., González, F., Santamaría, D., Chacón, O., Rodríguez, A., Solano, D. Zamora, N. & Correa, M. (2011). A first checklist to the vascular plants of La Amistad International Park (PILA), Costa Rica-Panama. Phytotaxa 322: 1-283.
  • Mota de Oliveira, S. & Jansen-Jacobs, M.J. (eds.) (2016). Flora of the Guianas, Series A 31: 1-169. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • de Moura Júnior, E.G. & al. (2015). Updated checklist of aquatic macrophytes from Northern Brazil. Acta Amazonica 45: 111-132.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Castro, C. (Proveedor de metadatos), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). Versión 11.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Kew Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.or

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2023). http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2175-7860202374005. epublication.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Balick, M. J., M. H. Nee & D.E. Atha (2000). Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 85: 1-246.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Kew Plants for Health

  • "World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)"
  • MPNS Import
  • US-FDA GSRS (2025)

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Castañeda, R.R. (1991). Frutas silvestres de Colombia. Instituto Colombiano de Cultura Hispánica.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2015). Listado de especies de Productos No Maderables del caribe colombiano. 366 registros, aportados por: Garcia, H. (Contacto del Recurso), López Camacho, R. (Creador del recurso), Espitia Palencia, L. (Proveedor del metadatos). Versión 2.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_bst-caribe_plantae_2015
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. (2013). Servicios ecosistémicos de especies de fauna y flora presentes en la Orinoquía colombiana. 128 registros, aportados por: Salgado, B. (Contacto del recurso), Gutiérrez, J. (Creador del recurso), Bernal, M. (Proveedor de metadatos). Versión 8.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=orinoquia_faunaflora_is_2014
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 2015 Ratter, J.A.; Fonsêca, S.G.; Fonsêca Filho, J.; Ribeiro, J.F.; Silva, J.C.S. [4088] Brazil K001186409 Yes
May 1, 2015 Gardner [3076] Brazil K000601706 Lectotype Yes
May 1, 2015 Hostmann [1301] Suriname K000601709 Holotype Yes
May 1, 2015 Hostmann [1301] Suriname K000601710 Isotype Yes
May 1, 2015 Hassler, E. [8131] Paraguay K000601685 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 1, 2015 Hassler, E. [8131] Paraguay K000601684 Type Yes
May 1, 2015 Burchell [8502] Brazil K000601708 Type Yes
May 1, 2015 Burchell [8309] Brazil K000601707 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T.; McRobb, A.; Arroyo, L.; Roth, C. [1467] Bolivia K000295354 Yes
Mar 1, 2007 Sasaki, D.; Camargo, A.C.; Rosa, S.A.; Piva, J.H. [1184] Brazil K000447789 Yes
Mar 1, 2007 Sasaki, D. [1080] Brazil K000447788 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Freire-Fierro, A.; Moraes Barros, E.; Kawall, S. [2092] Brazil K001186445 Yes
Pereira-Silva, G.; et al. [15714] Brazil K001577229 Yes
Schnell, R. [11455] Guyana K001767028 No
Burchell [6473] Brazil K000601715 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sagot [86] French Guiana K000601718 Unknown Type Material Yes
Maguire, B.; Stahel, G. [23636] Suriname K004266944 Yes
Palmer-Jones, R.W. [17] Suriname K001186427 Yes
Martin [s.n.] French Guiana K000601719 Type Yes
Viollati, L.G. [260] Brazil K001186410 Yes
{Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; B. J. H. ter Welle; Sipman, H.J.M.; James, V.} [2806] Guyana K004266933 Yes
{J. S. de la Cruz} [3743] Guyana K004266924 Yes
Samuels, J.A. [462] Suriname K004266946 Yes
Cascante, A.; Boyer, A.R. [723] Costa Rica K004266573 Yes
Davis, D.H. [30] Guyana K004266941 Yes
Maguire, B.; Stahel, G. [22785] Suriname K004266953 Yes
Silva, M.F.F.; Taylor, E.; Rosa, N.A.; Silva, J.B.F.; Oliveira, J.; Rosário, C.S.; Santos, M.R. [1170] Brazil K001186402 Yes
Harley, R.M. [11145] Brazil K001186433 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G.; Philcox, D. [4854] Brazil K001186395 Yes
Harrison, S.G. [1366] Guyana K004266919 Yes
Batista, M.L. [s.n.] Brazil K001186421 Yes
{Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; Nic Lughadha, E.M.; B. J. H. ter Welle; Gopaul, D.} [1557] Guyana K004266928 Yes
Gillespie, L.J.; Kelloff, C.; Tiwari, S. [2443] Guyana K004266938 Yes
Ollerton, J.; Gopaul, D.; Cranmer, L.; Henderson, B.; Kellie [128] Guyana K004266916 Yes
Gardner [344] Brazil K000601716 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ferreira, L.V. [277] Brazil K001186425 Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [1054] Guyana K004266923 Yes
Jenman, G.S. [1503] Guyana K000601717 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jenman [5202] Guyana K004266926 Yes
Arbo, M.M. [3155] Brazil K001186417 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; Santos, R.R.; Souza, R.; Ferreira, A. [1400] Brazil K001186434 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Hill, R.J.; Pennington, T.D.; Ramos, J.M. [24063] Brazil K001186394 Yes
Hostmann [129] Suriname K000601720 Unknown Type Material Yes
Eiten, G. [5807] Brazil K001186422 Yes
Heringer, E.P. [4174] Brazil K001186428 Yes
Jenman [3853] Guyana K004266925 Yes
Heringer, E.P. [3371] Brazil K001186429 Yes
Lanjouw, J. [1222] Suriname K004266951 Yes
França, F. [s.n.] Brazil K001186443 Yes
{Görts-van Rijn, A.R.A.; Brandbyge, J.; De Granville, J.J.; Poncy, O.; Sipman, H.J.M.; L.J.W. v.d. Wollenberg} [289] Guyana K004266927 Yes
McDowell, T.; Funk, V.; Tiwari, S. [1776] Guyana K004266936 Yes
Philcox, D. [3269] Brazil K001186408 Yes
Cid, C.A.; Buck, W.R.; Nelson, B.W.; Almeida, A.S.F.; Mota, C.D.A.; Lima, J. [122] Brazil K001239267 Yes
Fróes, R.L. [20425] Brazil K001186415 Yes
{Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; B. J. H. ter Welle; Gustafsson, C.; James, V.} [3899] Guyana K004266929 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Souza, R.; Ferreira, A. [11003] Brazil K001186436 Yes
Hostmann [129] Suriname K000601721 Unknown Type Material Yes
Samuels, J.A. [255] Suriname K004266937 Yes
Moura, O.T. [644] Brazil K001186411 Yes
Rombouts, H.E. [671] Suriname K004266943 Yes
Jangoux, J. [165] Brazil K001186444 Yes
Claussen, P. [s.n.] Brazil K000601711 Unknown Type Material Yes
Samuels, J.A. [314] Suriname K004266947 Yes
Heringer, E.P. [425] Brazil K001186431 Yes
Cid, C.A. [4122] Brazil K001186404 Yes
{Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; B. J. H. ter Welle; Chanderbali, A.; Raghoenandan, U.P.D.; James, V.} [3828] Guyana K004266930 Yes
Carvalho, A.M. [302] Brazil K001186413 Yes
van Andel, T.R.; Poeketie, A.; Rijpkema, H.R.; Groenendijk, S.; Havinga, R.M. [5188] Suriname K004266952 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Prance, G.T.; Soderstrom, T.R.; Holmgren, N. [55924] Suriname K004266948 Yes
Silva, A. [323] Brazil K001186416 Yes
Smith, A.C. [3520] Guyana K004266922 Yes
Pirani, J.R. [1935] Brazil K001186419 Yes
Onishi, E. [602] Brazil K001186435 Yes
Chaves, S.R.; Hopkins, M.J.G.; Brito, W.R.; Oliveira, L.C.; Viana, G.P.; Pessoa, M.C.; Silva, D.G. [25] Brazil K001390723 Yes
Acevedo-Rodriguez, P.; Santos, J.L.; Guedes de Oliveira, J. [8047] Brazil K004266956 Yes
McDowell, T.; Tiwari, S. [1858] Guyana K004266935 Yes
Pirani, J.R. [1826] Brazil K001186418 Yes
Hatschbach, G.; Hatschbach, M.; Mota, J.T. [63358] Brazil K001186441 Yes
Davis, D.H. [1964] Guyana K004266940 Yes
Ferreira, L.V. [311] Brazil K001186423 Yes
Ferreira, L.V. [s.n.] Brazil K001186424 Yes
Pollard, G.R.M. [88] Guyana K004266920 Yes
Schomburgk [s.n.] Brazil K000601712 Type Yes
Burchell [10074] Brazil K000601714 Unknown Type Material Yes
Maguire, B. [23769] Suriname K004266945 Yes
Ferreira, L.V. [277] Brazil K001186426 Yes
Ule, E. [9579] Brazil K001186420 Yes
Jangoux, J.; Bahia, R.P. [485] Brazil K001186442 Yes
Maguire, B.; Schulz, J.P.; Soderstrom, T.R.; Holmgren, N. [53947] Suriname K004266942 Yes
Souza, M.A.D. [214] Brazil K001186440 Yes
{Hill, S.R.; et al.} [13041] Brazil K001186399 Yes
Groppo, M., Jr. [560] Brazil K001186439 Yes
Gillespie, L.J.; Gopaul, D. [1024] Guyana K004266939 Yes
Queiroz, L.P. [3829] Brazil K001186412 Yes
Beck, H.T. [256] Brazil K001186437 Yes
s.coll. [7901] Brazil K001239274 Yes
Milliken, W. [1901] Brazil K001186446 Yes
Myers, J.G. [5918] Guyana K004266921 Yes
Archer, W.A. [7650] K001239277 Yes
de Granville, J.-J.; Crozier, F.; Sarthou, C. [14993] French Guiana K004266955 Yes
Archer, W.A. [2359] Guyana K004266918 Yes
Granville, J.J.; Acevedo, P.; Boyer, A.; Hollenberg, L. [11944] Suriname K001186438 Yes
Cascante, A. [1028] Costa Rica K004266572 Yes
{Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; B. J. H. ter Welle; Sipman, H.J.M.; James, V.} [3173] Guyana K004266934 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [8007] Brazil K001186393 Yes
Lowe, J.L. [4304] Brazil K001186398 Yes
Maguire, B.; Schulz, J.P.; Soderstrom, T.R.; Holmgren, N. [54233] Suriname K004266949 Yes
{Mass, P.J.M.; Koek-Noorman, J.; Lall, H.; B. J. H. ter Welle; Westra, L.Y.T.} [7171] Guyana K004266931 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Prance, G.T.; Soderstrom, T.R.; Holmgren, N. [55838] Suriname K004266950 Yes
Heringer, E.P. [2851] Brazil K001186430 Yes
Heringer, E.P. [5667] Brazil K001186432 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G.; Philcox, D. [4854] Brazil K001186414 Yes
{Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; B. J. H. ter Welle; Sipman, H.J.M.; James, V.} [2593] Guyana K004266932 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Prance, G.T.; Soderstrom, T.R.; Holmgren, N. [57584] Suriname K004266954 Yes
Burchell [2736] Brazil K000601713 Unknown Type Material Yes
Harrison, S.G. [1224] Guyana K004266917 Yes
Yuncker, T.G.; Dawson, R.F.; Youse, H.R. [5788] Honduras Cissus salutaris K004266602 Yes
Yuncker, T.G.; Koepper, J.M.; Wagner, K.A. [8141] Honduras Cissus salutaris K004266603 Yes
Burchell [8539-4] Brazil Cissus burchellii K000601732 Type Yes
Burchell [8423] Brazil Cissus burchellii K000601733 Type Yes

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