View source for Cissus ← Cissus You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Cissus |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=1: 117. 1753 |year=1753 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Vitaceae;Cissus |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Vitaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cissus]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek kissos, ivy |volume=Volume 12 |mention_page=page 4 |treatment_page=page 20 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form;whole_organism reproduction;whole_organism reproduction;whole_organism growth form"><b>Lianas,</b> climbing by tendrils, synoecious or polygamomonoecious.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="bark fusion"><b>Branches:</b> bark adherent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="pith coloration;pith architecture">pith white, continuous through nodes;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="tendril architecture;tendril architecture">tendrils unbranched or 2-branched [3–6-branched], without adhesive discs.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf architecture;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>simple or palmately compound [pinnately compound].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence reproduction;inflorescence reproduction;inflorescence position;cyme shape;cyme architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>bisexual or functionally unisexual, leaf-opposed, corymblike cymes, sometimes compound.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower reproduction"><b>Flowers </b>bisexual or unisexual;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="calyx shape;calyx shape">calyx cupshaped, indistinctly 4-lobed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="petal quantity;petal fusion">petals 4, distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="nectary fusion;nectary shape;nectary shape;nectary shape">nectary adnate to base of ovary, cupshaped, entire or 4-lobed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="stamen quantity">stamens 4;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="style shape;style shape;style shape">style conic or cylindric, elongate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="berry coloration"><b>Berries </b>blue-black to black.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>1 (–4) per fruit.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="seed atypical quantity;seed quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 12.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America;Mexico;West Indies;Bermuda;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar);Pacific Islands;Australia;mostly tropical and subtropical regions |discussion=<p>Species ca. 350 (2 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Cissus antarctica Ventenat, kangaroo vine, has been reported as escaped in California but probably is not naturalized there. Like C. verticillata, it has simple leaves, but it can be distinguished from that species by having rusty to brown, appressed (versus grayish white, erect) hairs on branchlets and leaves, prominent domatia in the abaxial secondary vein axils (versus no domatia), and dark blue (versus black) fruits.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaves simple, blade unlobed, surfaces usually hairy, sometimes glabrous. |[[Cissus verticillata|Cissus verticillata]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaves usually 3-foliolate, sometimes simple and blade 3-lobed, rarely unlobed, surfaces glabrous. |[[Cissus trifoliata|Cissus trifoliata]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Cissus |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Vitaceae |distribution=North America;Mexico;West Indies;Bermuda;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar);Pacific Islands;Australia;mostly tropical and subtropical regions |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl. |publication year=1753 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V12/V12_728.xml |genus=Cissus |bark fusion=adherent |berry coloration=blue-black;black |calyx shape=4-lobed;cup-shaped |cyme architecture=compound |cyme shape=corymblike |flower reproduction=unisexual;bisexual |inflorescence position=leaf-opposed |inflorescence reproduction=unisexual;bisexual |leaf architecture=compound;simple |nectary fusion=adnate |nectary shape=4-lobed;entire;cup-shaped |petal fusion=distinct |petal quantity=4 |pith architecture=continuous |pith coloration=white |seed atypical quantity=1;4 |seed quantity=1 |stamen quantity=4 |style shape=elongate;cylindric;conic |tendril architecture=2-branched;unbranched |whole_organism growth form=liana;climbing |whole_organism reproduction=polygamomonoecious;synoecious |x chromosome quantity=12 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Vitaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Template:Vitaceae (view source) Return to Cissus.