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''Cyphostemma'' is a
flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
in the
family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
Vitaceae The Vitaceae are a family of flowering plants, with 14 genera and around 910 known species, including common plants such as Vitis, grapevines (''Vitis'' spp.) and Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Virginia creeper (''Parthenocissus quinquefolia''). Th ...
, with around 250 species distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics. These
species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
are
caudiciform A caudex (: caudices) of a plant is a Plant stem, stem, but the term is also used to mean a rootstock and particularly a basal stem structure from which new growth arises.pages 456 and 695 In the strict sense of the term, meaning a stem, "caude ...
and used to belong to the genus ''
Cissus ''Cissus'' is a genus of approximately 350 species of lianas (Woody plant, woody vines) in the grape family (Vitaceae). They have a cosmopolitan distribution, though the majority are to be found in the tropics. Decription Extrafloral nectaries ...
''. The genus name comes from
Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...
''kyphos'', meaning ''hump'', and ''stemma'', meaning ''garland''. Within the Vitaceae, ''Cyphostemma'' is most closely related to ''
Cayratia ''Cayratia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Vitaceae. It consists of species of vine plants, typical of the tribe Cayratieae. Some of them are used by humans, and they are found in tropical and subtropical areas of Asia, Africa, Au ...
'' and ''
Tetrastigma ''Tetrastigma'' is a genus of plants in the grape family, Vitaceae. The plants are lianas that climb with tendrils and have palmately compound leaves. Plants are dioecious, with separate male and female plants; female flowers are characterize ...
''. All species of ''Cyphostemma'' were once included in the genus ''Cissus'' but are now considered to be distinct.


Distribution

They originate from Northeast
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to southern
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, in particular from
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through to
Indochina Mainland Southeast Asia (historically known as Indochina and the Indochinese Peninsula) is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to th ...
.


Species

#'' C. abercornense'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. adamii'' Desc. #'' C. adenanthum'' (Fresen.) Desc. #'' C. adenocarpum'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #'' C. adenocaule'' (Steud. ''ex'' A.Rich.) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. adenocephalum'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #'' C. adenopodum'' (Sprague) Desc. #'' C. agnus-castus'' (Planch.) Desc. #'' C. allophyloides'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #'' C. alnifolium'' (Schweinf. ''ex'' Planch.) Desc. #'' C. amplexicaule'' Desc. #'' C. anatomicum'' (C.A.Sm.) Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. ankirihitrensis'' Desc. #'' C. auriculata'' (Roxb.) P.Singh & B.V.Shetty #'' C. auriculatum'' (Roxb.) P.Singh & B.V.Shetty #'' C. bainesii'' (Hook.f.) Desc. #'' C. bambuseti'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. barbosae'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. betiforme'' (Chiov.) Vollesen #'' C. bidgoodiae'' Verdc. #'' C. biternatum'' (Baker) Desc. #'' C. boranense'' Vollesen #'' C. bororense'' (Klotzsch) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. braunii'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #'' C. brieyi'' (De Wild.) Compère #'' C. buchananii'' (Planch.) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. bullatum'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #'' C. burgeri'' Vollesen #'' C. cabui'' (Dewit) Desc. #'' C. camerounense'' Desc. #'' C. chevalieri'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #'' C. chloroleucum'' (Welw.''ex'' Baker) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. chrysadenium'' (Gilg) Desc. #'' C. cirrhosum'' (Thunb.) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. congestum'' (Baker) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. congoense'' (auct.) Desc. #'' C. connivens'' (Lam.) Desc. #'' C. conradsii'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #'' C. cornigera'' Desc. #'' C. cornus-africani'' Thulin #'' C. crassiusculum'' (Baker) Desc. #'' C. crinitum'' (Planch.) Desc. #'' C. cristigera'' Desc. #'' C. crithmifolium'' (Chiov.) Desc. #'' C. crotalarioides'' (Planch.) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. cryptoglandulosum'' Verdc. #'' C. cuneatum'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #'' C. currorii'' (Hook.f.) Desc. #'' C. curvipodum'' (Baker) Desc. #'' C. cymosum'' (Schumach. & Thonn.) Desc. #'' C. cyphopetalum'' (Fresen.) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. dasycarpum'' Verdc. #'' C. dasypleurum'' (C.A.Sm.) J.J.M.Van der Merwe #'' C. decurrens'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #'' C. degraeri'' (Dewit) Desc. #'' C. delphinensis'' Desc. #'' C. dembianensis'' (Chiov.) Vollesen #'' C. descoingsii'' Lavie #'' C. desenfansii'' (Dewit) Desc. #'' C. digitatum'' (Forssk.) Desc. #'' C. duparquettii'' (Planch.) Desc. #'' C. dysocarpum'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #'' C. echinocarpa'' Desc. #'' C. egregium'' (Gilg) Desc. #'' C. elephantopus'' Desc. #'' C. elisabethvilleanum'' (Dewit) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. eminii'' (Gilg) Desc. #'' C. engleri'' (Gilg) Desc. #'' C. erythreae'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #'' C. erythrocephalum'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #'' C. feddeanum'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #'' C. flavicans'' (Baker) Desc. #'' C. flaviflorum'' (Sprague) Desc. #'' C. fragariifolium'' (Bojer ''ex'' Planch.) Desc. #'' C. fugosioides'' (Gilg) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. gigantophyllum'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. gillettii'' (De Wild. & T.Durand) Desc. #'' C. glandulosissimum'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. glanduloso-pilosa'' Desc. #'' C. gracillimum'' (Werderm.) Desc. #'' C. grahamii'' Verdc. #'' C. grandistipulatum'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #'' C. graniticum'' (Wild & R.B.Drumm.) Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. greenwayi'' Verdc. #'' C. greveanum'' Desc. #'' C. griseorubrum'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #'' C. hardyi'' Retief #'' C. haumanii'' (Dewit) Desc. #'' C. hereroense'' (Schinz) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. heterotrichum'' (Gilg & R.E.Fr.) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. hildebrandtii'' (Gilg) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. hispidiflorum'' (C.A.Sm.) J.J.M.Van der Merwe #'' C. homblei'' (De Wild.) Desc. #'' C. horombense'' Desc. #'' C. huillense'' (Exell & Mendonça) Desc. #'' C. humile'' (N.E.Br.) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. hypargyreum'' (Gilg) Desc. #'' C. hypoleucum'' (Harv.) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. jaegeri'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. jiguu'' Verdc. #'' C. johannis'' (Exell & Mendonça) Desc. #'' C. juttae'' (Dinter & Gilg) Desc. #'' C. kaniamae'' (Mullend. ''ex'' Dewit) Desc. #'' C. kapiriense'' (Dewit) Desc. #'' C. keilii'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #'' C. kibweziense'' Verdc. #'' C. kilimandscharicum'' (Gilg) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. kirkianum'' (Planch.) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. kiwakishiense'' (Dewit) Desc. #'' C. knittelii'' (Gilg) Desc. #'' C. kundelunguense'' Malaisse #'' C. lageniflorum'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #'' C. lanigerum'' (Harv.) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. laza'' Desc. #'' C. leandrii'' Desc. #'' C. ledermannii'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #'' C. lelyi'' (Hutch.) Desc. #'' C. lentianum'' (Volkens & Gilg) Desc. #'' C. letouzeyanum'' Desc. #'' C. leucorufescens'' Desc. #'' C. leucotrichum'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #'' C. libenii'' (Dewit) Desc. #'' C. loandense'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #'' C. lovemorei'' Willd. & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. luteum'' (Exell & Mendonça) Desc. #'' C. lynesii'' (Dewit) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. macrocarpa'' Desc. #'' C. manambovensis'' Desc. #'' C. manikense'' (De Wild.) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. mannii'' (Baker) Desc. #'' C. mappia'' (Lam.) Galet #'' C. maranguense'' (Gilg) Desc. #'' C. marlothii'' (Dinter & Gilg) Desc. #'' C. marunguense'' (Dewit) Desc. #'' C. masukuense'' (Baker) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. megabotrys'' (Collett & Hemsl.) B.V.Shetty #'' C. meyeri-johannis'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Verdc. #'' C. michelii'' (Dewit) Desc. #'' C. micradenium'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #'' C. microdipterum'' (Baker) Desc. #'' C. migiurtinorum'' (Chiov.) Desc. #'' C. mildbraedii'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. milleri'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. molle'' (Steud. ''ex'' A.Rich.) Desc. #'' C. montagnacii'' Desc. #'' C. montanum'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. muhuluense'' (Mildbr.) Desc. #'' C. nanellum'' (Gilg & R.E.Fr.) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. natalitium'' (Szyszyl.) J.J.M.Van der Merwe #'' C. nigroglandulosum'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #'' C. niveum'' (Hochst. ''ex'' Schweinf.) Desc. #'' C. njegerre'' (Gilg & Strauss) Desc. #'' C. obovato-oblongum'' (De Wild.) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. odontadenium'' (Gilg) Desc. #'' C. oleraceum'' (Bolus) J.J.M.Van der Merwe #'' C. omburense'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #'' C. ornatum'' (A.Chev. ''ex'' Hutch. & Dalziel) Desc. #'' C. ouakense'' Desc. #'' C. overlaetii'' (Dewit) Desc. #'' C. oxyphyllum'' (A.Rich.) Vollesen #'' C. pachyanthum'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #'' C. pachypus'' Desc. #'' C. pannosum'' Vollesen #'' C. passargei'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #'' C. paucidentatum'' (Klotzsch) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. pendulum'' (Welw. ex Baker) Desc.. #'' C. perforatum'' (Louis ''ex'' Dewit) Desc. #'' C. phyllomicron'' (Chiov.) Desc. #'' C. pobeguinianum'' Desc. #'' C. princeae'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #'' C. pruriens'' (Welw. ''ex'' Baker) Desc. #'' C. pseudoburgeri'' Verdc. #'' C. pseudonjegerre'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #'' C. pseudorhodesiae'' (Dewit) Desc. #'' C. pseudosesquipedale'' Verdc. #''Cyphostemma pseudoupembaense, C. pseudoupembaense'' (Dewit) Desc. #''Cyphostemma puberulum, C. puberulum'' (C.A.Sm.) Wild & R.B.Drumm. #''Cyphostemma pumilum, C. pumilum'' Desc. #''Cyphostemma quinatum, C. quinatum'' (Dryand.) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #''Cyphostemma rhodesiae, C. rhodesiae'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #''Cyphostemma richardsiae, C. richardsiae'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #''Cyphostemma ringoetii, C. ringoetii'' (De Wild.) Desc. #''Cyphostemma rivae, C. rivae'' (Gilg) Desc. #''Cyphostemma robsonii, C. robsonii'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #''Cyphostemma robynsii, C. robynsii'' (Dewit) Desc. #''Cyphostemma roseiglandulosum, C. roseiglandulosum'' Desc. #''Cyphostemma rotundistipulatum, C. rotundistipulatum'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #''Cyphostemma rowlandii, C. rowlandii'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #''Cyphostemma ruacanense, C. ruacanense'' (Exell & Mendonça) Desc. #''Cyphostemma rubroglandulosum, C. rubroglandulosum'' Retief & B.-E.van Wyk #''Cyphostemma rubromarginatum, C. rubromarginatum'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #''Cyphostemma rubrosetosum, C. rubrosetosum'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #''Cyphostemma rupicola, C. rupicola'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #''Cyphostemma rutilans, C. rutilans'' Desc. #''Cyphostemma sakalavensis, C. sakalavensis'' Desc. #''Cyphostemma sanctuarium-selousii, C. sanctuarium-selousii'' Verdc. #''Cyphostemma sarcospathulum, C. sarcospathulum'' (Chiov.) Desc. #''Cyphostemma saxicola, C. saxicola'' (Gilg & R.E.Fr.) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #''Cyphostemma saxicolum, C. saxicolum'' (Gilg & R.E.Fr.) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #''Cyphostemma scarlatinum, C. scarlatinum'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #''Cyphostemma schimperi, C. schimperi'' (Hochst. ''ex'' A.Rich.) Desc. #''Cyphostemma schlechteri, C. schlechteri'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #''Cyphostemma schliebenii, C. schliebenii'' (Mildbr.) Desc. #''Cyphostemma segmentatum, C. segmentatum'' (C.A.Sm.) J.J.M.Van der Merwe #''Cyphostemma seitzianum, C. seitzianum'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #''Cyphostemma septemfoliatum, C. septemfoliatum'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #''Cyphostemma serjanioides, C. serjanioides'' (Planch.) Desc. #''Cyphostemma serpens, C. serpens'' (Hochst. ''ex'' A.Rich.) Desc. #''Cyphostemma sesquipedale, C. sesquipedale'' (Gilg) Desc. #''Cyphostemma sessilifolium, C. sessilifolium'' (Dewit) Desc. #''Cyphostemma setosum, C. setosum'' (Roxb.) Alston #''Cyphostemma shinyangense, C. shinyangense'' Verdc. #''Cyphostemma simplicifolium, C. simplicifolium'' A.Björnstad #''Cyphostemma simulans, C. simulans'' (C.A.Sm.) Wild & R.B.Drumm. #''Cyphostemma sokodense, C. sokodense'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #''Cyphostemma spinosopilosum, C. spinosopilosum'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #''Cyphostemma stefanianum, C. stefanianum'' (Chiov.) Desc. #''Cyphostemma stefaninianum, C. stefaninianum'' (Chiov.) Desc. #''Cyphostemma stegosaurus, C. stegosaurus'' Verdc. #''Cyphostemma stenolobum, C. stenolobum'' (Welw. ''ex'' Baker) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #''Cyphostemma stenopodum, C. stenopodum'' (Gilg ''ex'' Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #''Cyphostemma stipulaceum, C. stipulaceum'' (Baker) Desc. #''Cyphostemma strigosum, C. strigosum'' (Dewit) Desc. #''Cyphostemma subciliatum, C. subciliatum'' (Baker) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #''Cyphostemma sulcatum, C. sulcatum'' (C.A.Sm.) J.J.M.Van der Merwe #''Cyphostemma taborense, C. taborense'' Verdc. #''Cyphostemma tenuissimum, C. tenuissimum'' (Gilg & R.E.Fr.) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #''Cyphostemma ternatomultifidum, C. ternatomultifidum'' (Chiov.) Desc. #''Cyphostemma ternatum, C. ternatum'' (Forssk.) Desc. #''Cyphostemma thomasii, C. thomasii'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #''Cyphostemma tisserantii, C. tisserantii'' Desc. #''Cyphostemma trachyphyllum, C. trachyphyllum'' (Werderm.) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #''Cyphostemma trilobata, C. trilobata'' (Lam.) M.R.Almeida #''Cyphostemma triumfettoides, C. triumfettoides'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #''Cyphostemma tsaratananensis, C. tsaratananensis'' Desc. #''Cyphostemma ukerewense, C. ukerewense'' (Gilg) Desc. #''Cyphostemma upembaense, C. upembaense'' (Dewit) Desc. #''Cyphostemma urophyllum, C. urophyllum'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #''Cyphostemma uter, C. uter'' (Exell & Mendonça) Desc. #''Cyphostemma uwanda, C. uwanda'' Verdc. #''Cyphostemma vandenbergheae, C. vandenbergheae'' Malaisse & Matamba #''Cyphostemma vandenbrandeanum, C. vandenbrandeanum'' (Dewit) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #''Cyphostemma vanderbenii, C. vanderbenii'' (Dewit) Desc. #''Cyphostemma vanmeelii, C. vanmeelii'' (Lawalrée) Wild & R.B.Drumm. #''Cyphostemma vezensis, C. vezensis'' Desc. #''Cyphostemma villosicaule, C. villosicaule'' Verdc. #''Cyphostemma villosiglandulosum, C. villosiglandulosum'' (Werderm.) Desc. #''Cyphostemma violaceoglandulosum, C. violaceoglandulosum'' (Gilg) Desc. #''Cyphostemma viscosum, C. viscosum'' (Gilg & R.E.Fr.) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. #''Cyphostemma vogelii, C. vogelii'' (Hook.f.) Desc. #''Cyphostemma vollesenii, C. vollesenii'' Verdc. #''Cyphostemma waterlotii, C. waterlotii'' (A.Chev.) Desc. #''Cyphostemma wilmsii, C. wilmsii'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #''Cyphostemma wittei, C. wittei'' (Staner) Wild & R.B.Drumm. #''Cyphostemma woodii, C. woodii'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #''Cyphostemma zanzibaricum, C. zanzibaricum'' Verdc. #''Cyphostemma zechianum, C. zechianum'' (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. #''Cyphostemma zimmermannii, C. zimmermannii'' Verdc. #''Cyphostemma zombense, C. zombense'' (Baker) Desc. ''ex'' Wild & R.B.Drumm. : List sources :Grubben, G. J. H
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NOTE: Each species from the list at Tropicos.org was also checked against its corresponding entry at ''theplantlist.org'' for accepted status before being included on this page. Species listed at ''theplantlist'' that were as yet unresolved were included on this list.


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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q1941482 Cyphostemma, Vitaceae genera