Vitaceae
Cissus

Cissus aralioides (Welw. ex Baker) Planch.

First published in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 5: 513 (1887)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to South Sudan and N. Angola. It is a liana and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1966). Flora Zambesiaca 2(2): 353-653. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe. Bothalia, A Journal of Botanical Research 41: 41-82.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Robyns, W. & al. (eds.) (1948-1963). Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1-10.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1993). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Vitaceae: 1-149.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Gilg & Brandt in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 46: 485.
  • in DC. Monogr. Ampelid. 513 (1887)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe. Bothalia, A Journal of Botanical Research 41: 41-82.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Descoings in Fl. Cameroun 13: 88, t.30 (1972).
  • Descoings in Fl. Gabon 14: 81 (1968)
  • Dewit in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 9: 547, fig. 13/c (1960).
  • Exell & Mendonça in Consp. Fl. Angol. 2: 54 (1954).
  • Gilg & Brandt in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 46:485 (1912).
  • Hiern, Cat Afr. Pl. Welw. 1:160 (1896).
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 679 (1958).
  • Lavie, Vitacées Ouest afric., Esp. sénégal.: 48, t. 6 (1990).
  • Planch. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 5:513 (1887).
  • Suesseng. in A. Engler & K. Prantl, Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, ed. 2, 20d: 262 (1953).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2008 Cheek, M. [13623] Cameroon K000580129 Yes
Jan 1, 2006 Cheek, M. [11131] Cameroon K000380174 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Cable, S. [909] Cameroon K000197557 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Elad, M. [112] Cameroon K000197555 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Ghogue, J.-P. [50] Cameroon K000197553 No
Oct 1, 2003 Etuge, M. [1427] Cameroon K000197552 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Gosline, G. [123] Cameroon K000197559 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [8886] Cameroon K000197558 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Gosline, G. [183] Cameroon K000197556 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Etuge, M. [4495] Cameroon K000197554 Yes
Cheek, M.; Corcoran, Horwath; Pollard; Etuge; Morgan; Tchiengue; Todou; Mbong; Ekwoge; Jonas [12394] Cameroon K001310519 Yes
Todd, H. [111] Cameroon K001480206 Yes
Barter, C. Niger K000322782 Unknown Type Material Yes
Johnston, H. [84] Sierra Leone K000322783 Unknown Type Material Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [4664] Zambia K:SPC-16445.000 No
Deighton, F.C. [4757] Sierra Leone K:SPC-16446.000 No
Welwitsch [1484] Angola K000322825 Unknown Type Material Yes

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