Overview
Comprehensive Description
Description
Erect or climbing perennial herbs or shrubs, sometimes succulent (quadrangularis); tendrils leaf-opposed or 0. Stipules present. Leaves simple (in ours), lobed or digitately 3-7-foliolate. Flowers 4-merous, bisexual, in leaf-opposed or terminal cymes. Fl. bud conic, not constricted at the middle. Disk annular, entire or lobed. Seeds 1(-2).
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Distribution
Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Cissus L.:
Argentina (South America)
Australia (Oceania)
Belize (Mesoamerica)
Brazil (South America)
Chile (South America)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
El Salvador (Mesoamerica)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
India (Asia)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Nicaragua (Mesoamerica)
Panama (Mesoamerica)
United States (North America)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
Colombia (South America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
Argentina (South America)
Australia (Oceania)
Belize (Mesoamerica)
Brazil (South America)
Chile (South America)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
El Salvador (Mesoamerica)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
India (Asia)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Nicaragua (Mesoamerica)
Panama (Mesoamerica)
United States (North America)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
Colombia (South America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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Forzza, R. C. & et al. 2010. 2010 Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil. http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100002289
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Molina Rosito, A. 1975. Enumeración de las plantas de Honduras. Ceiba 19(1): 1–118.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/866
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Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. (editores generales) 2013. Vitaceae a Geraniaceae. Fl. Mesoamer. 3(1): ined.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100002083
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Lombardi, J. A. 2000. Vitaceae: Gêneros Ampelocissus, Ampelopsis e Cissus. Fl. Neotrop. 80: 1–250.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1014518
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Lombardi, J. A. 2001. 115. Vitaceae. Fl. Ecuador 67: 1–37.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1019865
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Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. 2011. Flora de Antioquia. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares, vol. 2. Listado de las Plantas Vasculares del Departamento de Antioquia. Pp. 1-939.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100008595
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USDA, NRCS. 2007. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100004579
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Ecology
Habitat
Depth range based on 4 specimens in 1 taxon.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 1 - 1
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Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 1 - 1
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Associations
Foodplant / feeds on
Phytonemus pallidus feeds on live Cissus
Foodplant / feeds on
Polyphagotarsnemus latus feeds on live Cissus
Phytonemus pallidus feeds on live Cissus
Foodplant / feeds on
Polyphagotarsnemus latus feeds on live Cissus
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Statistics of barcoding coverage
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
| Specimen Records: | 65 | Public Records: | 18 |
| Specimens with Sequences: | 78 | Public Species: | 11 |
| Specimens with Barcodes: | 75 | Public BINs: | 0 |
| Species: | 22 | ||
| Species With Barcodes: | 22 | ||
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Barcode data
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Locations of barcode samples
Collection Sites: world map showing specimen collection locations for Cissus

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