Vitaceae
Cissus

Cissus schmitzii Dewit

First published in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 29: 292 (1959)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. DR Congo to Zambia. It is a climbing shrub or liana and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Vitaceae, H. Wild and R. B. Drummond. Flora Zambesiaca 2:2. 1966

Morphology General Habit
Woody climber; stems cylindric, pubescent when young with scattered shining black medifixed hairs, glabrescent when older; tendrils 2-fid.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves simple; petiole up to 13 cm. long, tomentellous, with scattered black medifixed hairs; leaf-lamina up to 20 × 16 cm., broadly ovate to subcircular, abruptly acuminate at the apex, margin serrate, cordate at the base, sparsely pubescent above, tomentellous below with scattered shining black medifixed hairs on both surfaces; basal nerves 3–5; secondary nerves in 5–8 pairs; stipules up to 5 mm. long, oblong, pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Cymes lax; whole inflorescence from peduncle to buds with a crisped white indumentum densely interspersed with shining black medifixed hairs; peduncle up to 10 cm. long; pedicels up to 7 mm. long, lengthening to 12 mm. in fruit.
Morphology General Buds
Flower-bud 2 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx up to 1 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Ovary with black medifixed hairs; style 1–1·5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit 10–15 × 8 mm., ovoid, glabrescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seed 1, 10 × 5 mm., with a strong dorsal crest and a lateral ridge on each side branching into smaller ridges.
[FZ]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 2026. 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 2026. 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