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4918.010 Cyphostemma
Description of the genus
Erect, prostrate or climbing perennial herbs or shrubs. Tendrils opposite the leaves or 0. Stipules present. Leaves digitately 3-9-foliolate, rarely simple and entire or lobed. Inflorescences of leaf-opposed or axillary corymbose cymes. Flowers 4-merous. Fl. bud cylindric to flask-shaped, constricted at or near the middle. Petals hooded at the apex, becoming reflexed after flowering. Disk divided into 4 ± fleshy glands. Style simple. Fruit usually with 1 seed. Worldwide: c. 250 species in warm areas; many in Africa Zimbabwe: 28 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| bororense (Klotzsch) Desc. ex Wild & R.B. Drumm. | N,W,C | Description |
| buchananii (Planch.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B. Drumm. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| cirrhosum (Thunb.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B. Drumm. subsp. rhodesicum Wild & R.B. Drumm. | N,W,C,E,S | Description |
| congestum (Baker) Desc. ex Wild & R.B. Drumm. | N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| crotalarioides (Planch.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B. Drumm. | N,W,C | Description, Image |
| gigantophyllum (Gilg & M. Brandt) Desc. ex Wild & R.B. Drumm. | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
| graniticum (Wild & R.B. Drumm.) Wild & R.B. Drumm.[End][DD] | N,C,E | Description, Image |
| heterotrichum (Gilg & R.E. Fr.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B. Drumm. | N,E | Description |
| humile (N.E. Br.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B. Drumm. subsp. dolichopus (C.A. Sm.) Wild & R.B. Drumm. | N,W,E,S | Description, Image |
| hypoleucum (Harv.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B. Drumm. | E | Description |
| junceum (Webb) Desc. ex Wild & R.B. Drumm. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| kilimandscharicum (Gilg) Desc. ex Wild & R.B. Drumm. | E,S | Description |
| kirkianum (Planch.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B. Drumm. | N,W | Description, Image |
| lanigerum (Harv.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B. Drumm. | C,E | Description |
| lovemorei Wild & R.B. Drumm. | N,W | Description |
| lynesii (Dewit) Desc. ex Wild & R.B. Drumm. | N,E | Description |
| masukuense (Baker) Desc. ex Wild & R.B. Drumm.[VU] | E,S | Description |
| milleri Wild & R.B. Drumm. | W | Description |
| montanum Wild & R.B. Drumm. | E | Description, Image |
| omburense (Gilg & M. Brandt) Desc. | S | Description, Image |
| paucidentatum (Klotzsch) Desc. ex Wild & R.B. Drumm. | C,E,S | Description |
| princeae (Gilg & M. Brandt) Desc. ex Wild & R.B. Drumm. | N,C,E | Description, Image |
| puberulum (C.A. Sm.) Wild & R.B. Drumm. | E,S | Description |
| rhodesiae (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. ex Wild & R.B. Drumm | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| simulans (C.A. Sm.) Wild & R.B. Drumm. | S | Description, Image |
| spinosopilosum (Gilg & M. Brandt) Desc. ex Wild & R.B. Drumm | N | Description, Image |
| subciliatum (Baker) Desc. ex Wild & R.B. Drumm. | C,E,S | Description, Image |
| viscosum (Gilg & R.E. Fr.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B. Drumm. | N,C | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Cyphostemma:
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Flora of Zambia: Cyphostemma
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Cyphostemma
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CyphostemmaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cyphostemma
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cyphostemma
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cyphostemma
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Cyphostemma
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cyphostemma
JSTOR Plant Science: Cyphostemma
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cyphostemma
Plants of the World Online: Cyphostemma
Tropicos: Cyphostemma
Wikipedia: Cyphostemma
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