Biology:Cissus alata

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Short description: Species of plant

Cissus alata
Cissus alata Leaves.JPG
Cissus alata leaves
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Vitales
Family: Vitaceae
Genus: Cissus
Species:
C. alata
Binomial name
Cissus alata
Synonyms[1]

Cissus alata, grape ivy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Vitaceae.[2] It is native to the New World Tropics, from Mexico down to Bolivia, and over to Venezuela, Trinidad and Guyana.[1] Under its synonym Cissus rhombifolia, the Venezuela treebine, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3][4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Cissus alata Jacq.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:311226-2. 
  2. "Cissus alata". Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=b583. 
  3. Lombardi, Julio Antonio (1995). "Typification of Names of South American Cissus (Vitaceae)". Taxon 44 (2): 193–206. doi:10.2307/1222442. 
  4. "Cissus rhombifolia Venezuela treebine". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/64602/i-cissus-rhombifolia-i/details. "Synonyms; Cissus rhomboidea" 

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