Cissus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 117 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics.

Distribution

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, 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, 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, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Cook Is., Hawaii, Marianas, Seychelles

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

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)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 5, 2019 Ridsdale, C.E. [2238] Indonesia K000801193 Yes
May 1, 2015 Dunaiski Jr., A. [s.n.] Brazil K000601686 Type Yes
May 1, 2015 Gardner [1504] Brazil K000601700 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 1, 2015 Burchell [10072] Brazil K000601704 Lectotype Yes
Jan 14, 2010 Yii Puan Ching; Asah [S 64950] Malaysia K000605659 Yes
Jan 14, 2010 Kessler et al. [PK 3170] Indonesia K000605649 Yes
Jan 14, 2010 Niga Nangkat [BRUN 17098] Brunei K000605663 Yes
Jan 13, 2010 Ag. Amin Sigun [SAN 126173] Malaysia K000605640 Yes
Jan 13, 2010 Jidwim Jinaun [11] Malaysia K000605642 Yes
Jan 13, 2010 Soinin et al. [SAN 124968] Malaysia K000605638 Yes
May 1, 2006 Darbyshire, I. [195] Cameroon K000380190 Yes
May 1, 1994 Cockburn, P.F. [71030] Malaysia K000611072 Yes
Nov 1, 1987 Thwaites, G.H.K. [s.n.] Sri Lanka K000736462 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 1, 1987 Wallich [5988_a] India K000372976 Type Yes
Jun 1, 1985 Ahmap Talip [70889] Malaysia K000611071 Yes
Nov 2, 1979 Kurz, W.S. [s.n.] India K000736234 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1919 Wight [408] K000736243 Unknown Type Material Yes
David, B.; Hul, S.; Cheng, S.K.; Leti, M. [CL981] Cambodia K001561546 Yes
Saldanha, C.J. [12081] India K000736247 Unknown Type Material Yes
den Outer-Helder, H.F. [13] Cote d'Ivoire K001562272 Yes
Sinsin, B.; Agbani, P.; Yédomonhan, H. [2724] Benin K001562099 Yes
Pereira-Silva, G.; Amaral-Santos, A.; Gomes, V.F.; Oliveira, W.L.; Barreto dos Santos, A.J. [16085] Brazil K001604801 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [631] Nigeria K:SPC-09809.000 No
White, F. [1959] Zambia K:SPC-09826.000 No
Schweinfurth, G. [3689] K000322817 Unknown Type Material Yes
Armstrong, K.; Abbott, R.; Yu Nwe, T.; Yint Tun, Y.; La Pyae, P.; Aung, D. [3085] Burma K001769296 Yes
Heyne, B. [s.n.] India K000736264 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lee, Y.P.; Pius [119780] Malaysia K000611073 Yes
Angus, A. [1006] Zambia K:SPC-15890.000 No
Cruse, A.W. [214] Zambia K:SPC-11502.000 No
Cooper, T. [2040] South Africa K000322854 Unknown Type Material Yes
Heyne, B. [11] India K000736265 Unknown Type Material Yes
Datizua, C.; Langa, C.; Osborne, J.; Zandamela, J.; Muthoque, N. (guide) [CD33] Mozambique K001346564 No
Sinsin, B.; Agbani, P.; Yédomonhan, H. [2700] Benin K001562093 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1777] Tanzania K:SPC-11509.000 No
Suzana, S.; Nur Adillah, M.Y.; Dayang Fazrinah, A.D.; Tawadong, T.; Maclean, B. [SAN156956] Malaysia K001560463 Yes
Kartonegoro, AR [ARK 256] Indonesia K001561528 Yes
Sinsin, B.; Agbani, P.; adokpo, C. [2797] Benin K001297789 Yes
Tweedie, E.M. Kenya K:SPC-04957.000 No
Bally, P.R.O. [817] Kenya K:SPC-16452.000 No
Henkel, T.; Williams, R.; James, R.; [5338] Guyana K001890005 No
Henkel, T.; Chin, M; Williams, R.; James, R. [5316] Guyana K001890006 No
Drummond, R.; Hemsley, J. [2344A] Tanzania K:SPC-25688.000 No
Reynoso; Segcal; Garcia [7148] Philippines K001561256 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2344] Tanzania K:SPC-15541.000 No
Cruse, A.W. [229] Zambia K:SPC-15549.000 No
Ekema, S.N. [633] Cameroon K001401689 Yes
Rivera, J. [60] El Salvador K001532178 No
Langa, C.; Datizua, C.; Osborne, J.; Zandamela, J.; Melecuane, B. [98] Mozambique K001346640 No
Wild, H. [44439] Zimbabwe K:SPC-11513.000 No
Bally, P.R.O. [12150] Tanzania K:SPC-18861.009 No
Bally, P.R.O.; Smith, A.R. [B14901] Kenya K:SPC-34621.000 No
Wight [414] K000736262 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fay, J.M.; Harris, D.J. [8404] Central African Republic K:SPC-60367.000 No
Fuentes, de la Rosa [38974] Philippines K001561529 Yes
Rantai Jawa; et al. [S.70184] Malaysia K001561257 Yes
Cruse, A.W. [79] Zambia K:SPC-11506.000 No
Wild, H. [49393] Zimbabwe K:SPC-25686.000 No
Troupin, G. [3156] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-11526.000 No
Cruse, A.W. [25A] Zambia K:SPC-11507.000 No
Onochie, C. [33279] Nigeria K:SPC-11510.000 No
Etuge, M. [1850] Cameroon K000339744 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Argentina K000601673 Type Yes
Wild, H. [40794] Zimbabwe K:SPC-09811.000 No
Harris, D.J. [2242] Central African Republic K:SPC-63046.000 No
Dalziel, J.M. [66] Nigeria K:SPC-09825.000 No
Rusby, H.H. [484] Bolivia K000601675 Unknown Type Material Yes
Heyne, B. [s.n.] India K000736268 Unknown Type Material Yes
Melville, F.A.; Hooker, T. [80] Sierra Leone K:SPC-28204.000 No
Röttler [s.n.] K000736246 Unknown Type Material Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [3643] K:SPC-30172.000 No
Wild, H. [35562] Zimbabwe K:SPC-11504.000 No
Bally, P.R.O. [B9580] Somalia K:SPC-25683.000 No
Wight [s.n.] K000736263 Unknown Type Material Yes
White, F. [2483] Zambia K:SPC-11505.000 No
Woodrow, G.M. [s.n.] India K000736259 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tanner, R. [468] Tanzania K:SPC-11503.000 No
Röttler [s.n.] K000736242 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wild, H. [40773] Zimbabwe K:SPC-09824.000 No
Faulkner, H. [3156] Tanzania K:SPC-07113.000 No
Heyne, B. [s.n.] India K000736267 Unknown Type Material Yes
Strain, E.D. [20] K:SPC-40485.000 No
Tanner, R. [412] Tanzania K:SPC-15885.000 No
Myers, J.G. [11760] Sudan K:SPC-03206.000 No
Heyne, B. [171] India K000736266 Unknown Type Material Yes
Andrews, F.W. [1917] Sudan K:SPC-09823.000 No
Wight [s.n.] Burma K000736458 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wild, H. [44562] Zimbabwe K:SPC-11511.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [4382] Kenya K:SPC-15543.000 No
Cockburn, P.F. [84861] Malaysia K000611050 Yes
Wild, H. [G.H.40734] Zimbabwe K:SPC-35217.000 No
Drege South Africa K000322855 Type Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Argentina K000601674 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cruse, A.W. [125A] Zambia K:SPC-11508.000 No
Schweinfurth, G. [3485] K000322772 Holotype Yes
Bourne, A.G.; Bourne, E.T. [6291] India K000736245 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bourne, A.G.; Bourne, E.T. [6291] India K000736244 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-15882.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3516] Tanzania K:SPC-09827.000 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

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

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

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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

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