Vitaceae
Cissus
Cissus verticillata

Cissus verticillata subsp. verticillata

This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Tropical & Subtropical America. It is a liana and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Bangladesh, Cook Is., Hawaii

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Cirilo, N. & Proctor, G.R. (1994). Vascular plants of the Caribbean Swan islands of Honduras. Brenesia 41-42: 73-80.
  • Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds.) (2012). Records of the Hawaii biological survey for 2011. Part II: plants. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 113: 1-102.
  • Jaramillo Díaz, P. & Guézou, A. (2017). CDF Checklist of Galapagos Vascular Plants - FCD Lista de especies de Plantas Vasculares de Galápagos http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/checklists/vascular-plants/.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 3: 1-978. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
  • Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Silva, A. [324] Brazil K001186545 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Steward, J.R.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [10319] Brazil K001239198 Yes
[Sello] [s.n.] Brazil K001239381 Yes
Glaziou, M. [8611] Brazil K001239162 Yes
Cid, C.A.; Lima, J.; Guedes, J.; Coelho, J. [4294] Brazil K001239170 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; de Carvalho, A.M.; Hage, J.L.; Brito, H.S. [21989] Brazil K001239188 Yes
Hassler, E. [7234] Paraguay K004266902 Yes
[Andrew pride] [s.n.] Paraguay K004266891 Yes
Regnell, A.F. [III362] Brazil K001239142 Yes
Hassler, E. [7887] Paraguay K004266898 Yes
Dusen, P. [9405] Brazil K001239169 Yes
Pirani, J.R.; Harley, R.M.; Stannard, B.L.; Furlan, A.; Kameyama, C. [1825] Brazil K001186544 Yes
Thomas, W.W.; Carvalho, A.; Kallunki, J.; Clark, L.; Sant'Ana, S. [10217] Brazil K001239197 Yes
Balée, W.L. [1952] Brazil K001239177 Yes
Fiebrig, K.; [Centurion] [5276] Paraguay K004266904 Yes
Hoehne, W. [s.n.] Brazil K001239387 Yes
Costa, J.; Melo, E.; Ferreira, M.C.; Pereira, A. [PCD1760] Brazil K004266885 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Coêlho, D.F.; Ramos, J.T.; Farias, L.G. [7772] Brazil K001239153 Yes
[J. Meen] [4601] Brazil K001239161 Yes
Agra, M.F. [1496] Brazil K001186554 Yes
Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [10433] Brazil K001239191 Yes
Hassler, E. [3951] Paraguay K004266896 Yes
Saar, E.; Passos, L.; Guedes, M.L.; B.Stannard [PCD5317] Brazil K001186549 Yes
Glaziou, M. [10439] Brazil K001239382 Yes
Cid, C.A.; Ramos, J.; Mota, C.D.; Rosas, N. [2517] Brazil K001239184 Yes
s.coll. [5796] Brazil K001239389 Yes
Cid, C.A.; Buck, W.R.; Nelson, B.W.; Almeida, F.; Mota, C.D.A.; Lima, J. [444] Brazil K001239182 Yes
s.coll. [6845] Brazil K001186548 Yes
Glaziou, A. [18965] Brazil K001239384 Yes
Fiebrig, K.; [J. Ila Sana] [4732] Paraguay K004266900 Yes
Hassler, E. [3064] Paraguay K004266897 Yes
Thomas, W.W.; Carvalho, A.; Sant'Ana, S.; Jardim, J.G.; Gebhards, J. [9096] Brazil K001239199 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; Pott, A.; Pott, V.J.; Bueno, N.C. [R6492] Brazil K001239196 Yes
Hassler, E. [12487] Paraguay K004266899 Yes
Fiebrig, K. [4955] Paraguay K004266903 Yes
{Lindeman, J.C.; J. H. de Haas} [5232] Brazil K001239193 Yes
Harley, R.M. [24744] Brazil K001390722 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; de Carvalho, A.M.; Soares Nunes, J.M.; Hage, J.L.; Dos Santos, E.B. [22370] Brazil K001239189 Yes
Cordeiro, I.; Mota, C.D.A.; Coelho, J.A. [64] Brazil K001239183 Yes
Philcox, D.; Fereira, A. [3927] Brazil K001239163 Yes
Anderson, A.B.; Strudwick, J.; Sobel, G.; Gonçalves, M.; Rosario, C.; Baia, R.; Vasconcelos, P.C.; Pinto, M.G. [1089] Brazil K001239178 Yes
Fróes, R.L. [20420] Brazil K001186547 Yes
Macedo, A. [4072] Brazil K001186556 Yes
Oliveira, M.; Lucena, M.F.A. [111] Brazil K001186555 Yes
Fiebrig, K. [713] Paraguay K004266893 Yes
Hassler, E. [11794] Paraguay K004266895 Yes
Milliken, W.; Bowles, S. [M392] Brazil K001239185 Yes
Hassler, E. [2661] Paraguay K004266890 Yes
Hopkins, M.J.G.; Rodrigues, K.F.; Silva, E.S.; Pereira de Lima, R.; Guedes de Oliveira, J.; Lowy, B. [643] Brazil K001239173 Yes
[Andrew Pride] [s.n.] Paraguay K004266892 Yes
Woolston, A.L. [1041] Paraguay K004266905 Yes
{Thomas, W.W.; Carvalho, A.; Mattos Silva, L.; T. S. dos Santos; Jardim, J.} [10422] Brazil K001186552 Yes
Hassler, E. [2158] Paraguay K004266901 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Steward, W.C.; Ramos, J.F.; Monteiro, O.P. [11059] Brazil K001186543 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [2086] Brazil K001186546 Yes
Sperling, C.R.; Secco, R.S.; Condon, M.A.; Mesquita, A.L.; Ribeiro, B.G.S.; Marinho, L.R. [5677] Brazil K001239175 Yes
Schinini, A.; Palacios-Chávez, R. [25721] Paraguay K004266906 Yes
Hatschbach, G.; Hatschbach, M.; Barbosa, E. [56590] Brazil K001186551 Yes
Stannard, B.L.; Arrais, M.G.M. [726] Brazil K001239180 Yes
Hassler, E. [3630] Paraguay K004266894 Yes
Hatschbach, G.; Haas, H.; Lindeman, J. [13229] Brazil K001186557 Yes
{H. C. de Lima; et al.} [5030] Brazil K001186558 Yes
Plowman, T.C.; Sucre, D. [2825] Brazil K001239149 Yes
Saar, E.; Passos, L.; Guedes, M.L.; B.Stannard [PCD5317] Brazil K001186550 Yes
Sales, M.F.; Lira, S.S.; Silva, E.I.; Rodrigues, E. [594] Brazil K001239203 Yes
Daly, D.C.; Campbell, D.G.; Silva, A.S.; Bahia, R.P.; dos Santos, M.R. [D595] Brazil K001239158 Yes
Lewis, G.P. [1528] Brazil K001239186 Yes
Hopkins, M.J.G.; Rodrigues, K.F.; Silva, E.S.; Pereira de Lima, R.; Guedes de Oliveira, J.; Lowy, B. [643] Brazil K001239174 Yes
Ridley; Lea; Ramage [21] Brazil K001239383 Yes
Reitz; Klein [6334] Brazil K001239144 Yes
Hopkins, M.J.G.; Rodrigues, K.F.; Silva, E.S.; Pereira de Lima, R.; Guedes de Oliveira, J.; Lowy, B. [756] Brazil K001239172 Yes
Mexia Ynes [4609] Belize K001239386 Yes
Sinclair [77] Panama Vitis sicyoides K000601773 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sinclair [s.n.] Panama Vitis sicyoides K000601774 Unknown Type Material Yes
Moseley [s.n.] Brazil Cissus sicyoides K000601746 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burchell, W.J. [8789] Brazil Cissus sicyoides K001239208 Type Yes
Burchell, W.J. [9897] Brazil Cissus sicyoides K001239207 Type Yes
Burchell [9717] Brazil Cissus sicyoides K000601752 Type Yes
Burchell [1193] Brazil Cissus sicyoides K000601751 Type Yes
Spruce, R. [764] Brazil Cissus sicyoides K000601742 Unknown Type Material Yes
Spruce, R. [764] Brazil Cissus sicyoides K000601743 Type Yes
Gardner [1926] Brazil Cissus sicyoides K000601744 Type Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Brazil Cissus sicyoides K000601747 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [751] Brazil Cissus sicyoides K000601748 Type Yes
Burchell [9169] Brazil Cissus sicyoides K000601753 Type Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [10441] Brazil Cissus sicyoides K000601750 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sello [s.n.] Brazil Cissus sicyoides K000601740 Type Yes
Burchell [8891] Brazil Cissus sicyoides K000601749 Type Yes
Gardner [1926] Brazil Cissus sicyoides K000601739 Type Yes
s.coll. [191] Brazil Cissus sicyoides K001239206 Type Yes
Gibert, M. [5] Brazil Cissus sicyoides K000601754 Type Yes
Gibert, M. [6] Brazil Cissus sicyoides K000601745 Type Yes
Ekman, E.L. [8831] Haiti Cissus gonavensis K000601758 Type Yes

Sources

  • 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.
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  • 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/
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