Cyphostemma

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Cyphostemma
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Cyphostemma juttae
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Cyphostemma

Species

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Synonyms[1]

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Cyphostemma is a flowering plant genus belonging to the family Vitaceae. These species are caudiciform and used to belong to the genus Cissus.[1] The genus name comes from Greek kyphos, meaning hump, and stemma, meaning garland.

Within the Vitaceae, Cyphostemma is most closely related to Cayratia and Tetrastigma.[2]

Distribution

They originate from Africa, in particular from Madagascar.

Selected species

There are about 260 species in the genus.

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List sources :[3][4][5]

References

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  3. Flora of Zimbabwe
  4. Grubben, G. J. H. Vegetables. PROTA. 2004.
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