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June 2023

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genus

Cissus L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 117 1753

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000008385.

Literature

Sp. Pl. 1: 117. 1753 [1 May 1753]

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Synonyms of Cissus

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Vitis ipomoeifolia	Baker	Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 395 (1868)		wfo-0001145586
Adenopetalum	Turcz.	Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 31(2): 416–17. 1858.	—	wfo-4000000644
Gonoloma	Raf.	Sylva Tellur. : 86 (1838)		wfo-4000016030
Irsiola	P.Browne	Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica 147. 1756. (10 Mar 1756)		wfo-4000019193
Kemoxis	Raf.	Sylva Tellur. 86. 1838.		wfo-4000019911
Pterocissus	Urb. & Ekman	Ark. Bot. 20A(5): 20. 1926. (16 Apr 1926)		wfo-4000031953
Rinxostylis	Raf.	Sylva Tellur. 87. 1838.		wfo-4000033300
Saelanthus	Forssk. ex Scop.	Intr. Hist. Nat. : 102 (1777)		wfo-4000033769
Spondylantha	C.Presl	Reliq. Haenk. 2(1): 35. 1831.		wfo-4000036168

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Cissus:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Cissus acapulcensis	Kunth	–	—	wfo-0001145279
Cissus acrantha	Lauterb.	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 59: 522 (1925)		wfo-0000605953
Cissus acutissima	Gilg	Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas , C: 259 (1895)		wfo-0000605961
Cissus amazonica	Linden	Ann. Hort. Belge Étrangère 15: 99 (1865)		wfo-0000605985
Cissus ambigua	Elmer ex Merr.	Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. 3: 6, in obs., pro syn. 1923		wfo-0000605986
Cissus anaimalaiensis	Bedd.	Madras J. Lit. Sci. Ser. III, i. (1864) 41.		wfo-0000605995
Cissus aprica	Jackes	–	—	wfo-0001145974
Cissus arborea	Blanco	Fl. Filip., ed. 2 [F.M. Blanco] 51. 1845		wfo-0000606026
Cissus arborea	Des Moul.	in Durand, Monog. Vit. 60.		wfo-0000606027
Cissus arborea	Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.	Syst. iii. Mant. 248. 1827		wfo-0000606025
Cissus arthroclada	Lauterb.	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 59: 524 (1925)		wfo-0000606036
Cissus bambusetii var. glandulosissima	J.Dewit	–	—	wfo-0001146027
Cissus baueri	Gilg	in Bauer, Deutsch. Niger-Benue Exped. 162, nomen.		wfo-0001145621
Cissus behrmannii	Lauterb.	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 59: 523 (1925)		wfo-0000606061
Cissus beya	Gilg	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 427 (1900)		wfo-0000606064
Cissus biternata	L'Hér.	Stirp. Nov. 7-9: t. 121. 1805 [Aug 1805]		wfo-1200010319
Cissus bojeri	Decne.	–	—	wfo-0001145457
Cissus botria	Peterm.	Pflanzenreich [Petermann] ed. 1: 636. [1841-45]		wfo-0000748936
Cissus brachypoda	Planch.	Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 5(2): 520. 1887 [Oct 1887]		wfo-0000606085
Cissus bukobensis	Gilg	Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas , C: 258 (1895)		wfo-0000606097
Cissus clematitis	A.Chev.	Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franc. i. 142 (1920), nomen.		wfo-0001145523
Cissus cucurbitacea	Britton	Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 37: 353. 1910		wfo-0000606176
Cissus cyanocarpa	Miq.	Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(2): 603 (1859)		wfo-0000606185
Cissus cymosa	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. i. 372.		wfo-0000606188
Cissus diepenhorstii	Miq.	Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. : 515 (1861)		wfo-0000606213
Cissus diversifolia	DC.	Prodr. 1: 631 (1824)		wfo-0000606227
Cissus diversifolia	Walp.	Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 314. 1843		wfo-0000606228
Cissus dubia	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 372 (1840)		wfo-0000606236
Cissus enneaphylla	Vell.	Fl. Flumin. : 40 (1829)		wfo-0000606256
Cissus erdwendbergii	Planch.	Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 5(2): 405, in obs. 1887 [Oct 1887]		wfo-0000606259
Cissus foexeana	Planch.	Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 5(2): 616. 1887 [Oct 1887]		wfo-0001145434
Cissus furcata	Ridl.	Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 3: 287 (1893)		wfo-0000606302
Cissus gastropus	Welw. ex Planch.	Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 5(2): 583, in syn. 1887 [Oct 1887]		wfo-0001145721
Cissus gilgiana	M.Brandt	Wiss. Ergebn. Zweit. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. (1910-11), Bot. 2: 33, nomen. 1922 [Feb-Jun 1922]		wfo-0001145612
Cissus glandulifera	A.Chev.	Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franc. i. 143 (1920), nomen.		wfo-0001145524
Cissus glossypifolia	Standl.	–	—	wfo-0001249576
Cissus halinianus	Ernst	–	—	wfo-0001145281
Cissus hebecarpa	Hochst. ex Planch.	Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 5(2): 606, in syn. 1887 [Oct 1887]		wfo-0001145723
Cissus hederifolia	Planch.	Monogr. Phan. 5: 514 (1887)		wfo-0000606368
Cissus heterophylla	Link	Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 143. 1821 [16 Mar-30 Jun 1821]		wfo-0000606377
Cissus heterophylla	Walp.	Repert. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) i. 441.		wfo-0000606378
Cissus hibiscinus	Delile ex Planch.	Monogr. Phan. 5: 384 (1887)		wfo-0000606383
Cissus hispida	Planch.	Monogr. Phan. 5: 623 (1887)		wfo-0000606389
Cissus hydrophora	Gaudich.	Voy. Bonite, Bot. 3: t. 131 (1852)		wfo-0000606400
Cissus inaequalis	B.Heyne ex Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6010. [1831-32]		wfo-0001145713
Cissus inaequilaterus	Mey. ex Szyszył.	Polypet. Discifl. Rehmann. 44, in syn. 1888 Preprinted or reprinted from Rozpr. Spraw. Posiedzen Wydz. Mat.-Przyr. Akad. Umiejetn. 18: 1-75 (1888) [see TL-2 13.637]		wfo-0001145708
Cissus incarnata	Teijsm. & Binn.	Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 25: 417 (1863)		wfo-0000606405
Cissus incisa	Des Moul.	in Durand, Monog. Vit. 59, ex S. Wats. Bibliog. Ind. N. Am. Bot. 178.		wfo-0001145348
Cissus indica	J.Koenig ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. i. 371, 372.		wfo-0000606410
Cissus indica	Walp.	Repert. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) i. 441.		wfo-0000606411
Cissus ipomaeifolia	Webb	Fragm. Fl. Aethiop.-Aegypt. : 57 (1854)		wfo-0000606418
Cissus japonica	Willd.	Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 1: 659 (1798)		wfo-0000606421
Cissus japonica var. dentata	Makino	Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 23: 249 1909	—	wfo-0000606422
Cissus japonica var. mollis	(Wall. ex M.A.Lawson) Planch.	Monogr. Phan. 5: 562 1887	—	wfo-0000743210
Cissus kleinii	Laws.	Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 1(3): 649, in syn. 1875 [Feb 1875]		wfo-0001145714
Cissus koehneana	F.Hoffm.	Beitr. Fl. Centr.-Ost-Afr. : 22 (1889)		wfo-0000606445
Cissus koualensis	A.Chev.	Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franc. i. 144 (1920), nomen.		wfo-0001145528
Cissus koumiensis	A.Chev.	Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franc. i. 144 (1920), nomen.		wfo-0001145530
Cissus laciniata	(L.) L.	Syst. Nat. ed. 10 , 2: 897 (1759)		wfo-0000606450
Cissus landuk	Hassk.	Flora 25(2, Beibl.): 39. 1842		wfo-0000606457
Cissus latifolia	Walp.	Repert. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) i. 441.		wfo-0000606464
Cissus ledermannii	Lauterb.	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 59: 520 (1925)		wfo-0000606469
Cissus lehmannii	Burret	–	—	wfo-0001145282
Cissus leucocarpa	Blume	Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. : 189 (1825)		wfo-0000606478
Cissus lombardiana	Kottaim.	Phytotaxa 477(1): 97. 2020		wfo-1000021732
Cissus longepedunculata	Teijsm. & Binn.	Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 25: 417 (1863)		wfo-0000606492
Cissus longzhouensis	W.T.Wang	Guihaia 8(2): 115, f. 1–2 1988	—	wfo-0001246062
Cissus manikensis	De Wild.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 201. 1914 , as 'mainkensis' in error		wfo-0000606507
Cissus marajoara	Huber	–	—	wfo-0001145283
Cissus mayombensis	Gilg ex Durand & Schinz	Etudes fl. Congo 95 1896	—	wfo-0001145616
Cissus meliifolia	Planch.	Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 5(2): 558. 1887 [Oct 1887]		wfo-0000606522
Cissus menyanthifolia	A.Chev.	Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franc. i. 144 (1920), nomen.		wfo-0001145529
Cissus miqueliana	Baker	–	—	wfo-0001145284
Cissus muricata	Dalzell & A.Gibson	Bombay Fl. [Dalzell & Gibson] 40. 1861 ; Thw. Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 63		wfo-0000606557
Cissus nepalensis	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. i. 372, vide.		wfo-0001145716
Cissus obtecta	Wall.	–	—	wfo-0001253430
Cissus odondo	Gilg & M.Brandt	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46(3): 452. 1911; 46(4): 502. 1912.		wfo-0000606601
Cissus okoutensis	Berhaut	Adansonia , n.s., 10: 525 (1970 publ. 1971)		wfo-0000606604
Cissus orientalis	Gray	Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts xxiii. (1888) 227 in obs.		wfo-0000606615
Cissus palmatifolia	Wiggins & Rollins	–	—	wfo-0001248520
Cissus paniculata	B.Heyne	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6022. [1831-32]		wfo-0000606635
Cissus pauciflora	Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Szyszył.	Polypet. Discifl. Rehmann. 44. 1888 Preprinted or reprinted from Rozpr. Spraw. Posiedzen Wydz. Mat.-Przyr. Akad. Umiejetn. 18: 1-75 (1888) [see TL-2 13.637]		wfo-0000606651
Cissus penninervis	Planch.	Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 5(2): 520. 1887 [Oct 1887]		wfo-0000606662
Cissus pentaphylla	Willd.	Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 1: 659 (1798)		wfo-0000606667
Cissus pinnata	[Soland.]	Nat. Hist. Aleppo , ed. 2, 2: 267 (1794)		wfo-0000606679
Cissus praecox	Schweinf. ex Planch.	Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 5(2): 492, in syn. 1887 [Oct 1887]		wfo-0001145725
Cissus pruinosa	Desf.	Tabl. École Bot. , ed. 3: 238 (1829)		wfo-0000606703
Cissus pubescens	Walp.	Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 441 (1842)		wfo-0000606725
Cissus reticulata	Blume ex Planch	Monogr. Phan. 5: 443 (1887)		wfo-0000606758
Cissus reticulata	Thwaites	Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 63. 1858 [Nov 1858]		wfo-0000606757
Cissus rhomboidea	E.Mey.	Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Docum. (Drège) 178, nomen; Harv. & Sond. Fl. Cap. i. 252.		wfo-0000606768
Cissus riparia	Laws.	Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 1(3): 649, in syn. 1875 [Feb 1875]		wfo-0001145717
Cissus rocheana	Planch	Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 93: 369 (1881)		wfo-0000606773
Cissus salehi	Lodé	Cact.-Avent. Int. 99: 26 (2013)		wfo-0001340857
Cissus saxicola	Gulg & R.E.Fr.	Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exped. 1911-1912 i. 138 (1914).		wfo-0000606810
Cissus scarlatina	Gilg & M.Brandt	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 459, 534 (1912)		wfo-0000606814
Cissus schwackei	Gilg & M.Brandt	–	—	wfo-0001145285
Cissus seitzii	Engl.	Veg. Erde [Engler] 9(3, 2): 856, sphalm. 1921 [Pflanzenw. Afr.]		wfo-0001357342
Cissus semiglabra	Harv.	Fl. Cap. 1: 250 (1860)		wfo-0000606829
Cissus serrulata	Roxb.	Fl. Ind. (Carey & Wallich ed.) 1: 432. 1820		wfo-0000606840
Cissus sicyoides f. lobatus	(Baker ex Mart.) Planch.	–		wfo-0001323721
Cissus sicyoides var. tamoides	(Cambess.) Planch.	–		wfo-0001391144
Cissus stefaniniana	Chiov.	Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 54. 1916 ; also see Stefan. & Paoli, Miss. Somal. Ital. Merid., Relaz. 249, nomen.		wfo-0000606893
Cissus sterculifolia	Planch.	Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 5(2): 519. 1887 [Oct 1887]		wfo-0000606897
Cissus stricta	Bert. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. i. 372, in syn.		wfo-0001145720
Cissus stuhlmannii	Gilg	Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas , C: 260 (1895)		wfo-0000606909
Cissus suberosus	Elmer	Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 2: 493 (1908)		wfo-0000606920
Cissus tenuifolius	B.Heyne ex Planch.	Monogr. Phan. 5: 563 (1887)		wfo-0000606942
Cissus teretecaulis	Larrañaga	Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 1: 411 (1922)		wfo-0000606945
Cissus ternata	Planch.	Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 5(2): 558. 1887 [Oct 1887]		wfo-0000606948
Cissus tinctoria	Arruda	Trav. Brazil : 496 (1816)		wfo-0000606966
Cissus tinctoria	Larrañaga	Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 2: 63 (1923)		wfo-0000606968
Cissus trifoliata	Lour.	Fl. Cochinch. 1: 83. 1790 [Sep 1790]		wfo-0000606983
Cissus triternata	(Baker) Suess.	Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2 [Engler & Prantl] xx d. 256 (1953).		wfo-0000606993
Cissus truncata	Laws.	Fl. Brit. India 1: 660 (1875)		wfo-0000606997
Cissus tweedieana	Hieron.	Pl. Diaph. 66.		wfo-0000607002
Cissus vagans	Carrière	Rev. Hort. (Paris) 47: 60 (1875)		wfo-0000607021
Cissus velutinus	Linden ex Hook.	Bot. Mag. 86: t. 5207 (1860)		wfo-0000607029
Cissus villosa	Roxb.	Hort. Bengal. 11. 1814		wfo-0001355161
Cissus villosi-glandulosus	Werderm.	Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 13: 280 (1936)		wfo-0000607040
Cissus violacea	Meyen	Observ. Bot. 1: 300 (1834)		wfo-0000607044
Cissus viticella	Webb ex Planch.	Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 5(2): 587, in syn. 1887 [Oct 1887]		wfo-0001145626
Cissus voinieriana	(Sallier) Viala & Vermorel	Traité Gén. Viticulture 1: 104, f. 174–180. 1910		wfo-1000035428
Cissus wilmsii	Gilg & M.Brandt	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 449, 489 (1912)		wfo-0000607065