Cissus

Cissus
Cissus nodosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Vitales
Family: Vitaceae
Subfamily: Vitoideae
Genus: Cissus
L.[1]
Species

About 350, see text

Cissus verticillata
A Cissus discolor cultivar

Cissus is a genus of approximately 350 species of lianas (woody vines) in the grape family (Vitaceae). They have a cosmopolitan distribution, though the majority are to be found in the tropics.

  1. ^ "Cissus L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 3 April 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2010.