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Cissus

L. (1753)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Vitales Family: Vitaceae Genus: Cissus

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Lianas or sometimes creeping perennial herbs with tuberous roots.

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Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades somewhat fleshy, with leaf–opposed tendrils. Margins dentate. Palmately veined. Petiolate. Stipules present.

Flowers: Flowers in leaf opposed, umbellate cymes. Flowers bisexual (perfect). Calyx indistinctly 4-lobed subtruncate. Corolla of 4 distinct petals, apex hooded. Stamens 4, opposite the petals; filaments distinct, slender; anthers dithecal, introrse, opening by longitudinal slits. Ovary superior, 2-carpellate, 2-celled, sometimes incompletely so; ovules 2 per cell; style 1; stigma small.

Fruit: Berries globose or obovoid. Seeds 1(2).

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Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Island Status

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Sp. Pl.: 117 (1753)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
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