Cyphostemma
Cyphostemma is a flowering plant genus in the family Vitaceae, with around 250 species distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics. These species are caudiciform and used to belong to the genus Cissus. 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. All species of Cyphostemma were once included in the genus Cissus but are now considered to be distinct.
Distribution
They originate from Northeast Africa to southern Arabia, in particular from Madagascar.Selected species
There are about 260 species in the genus.- C. abercornense Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. adamii Desc.
- C. adenanthum Desc.
- C. adenocarpum Desc.
- C. adenocaule Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. adenocephalum Desc.
- C. adenopodum Desc.
- C. agnus-castus Desc.
- C. allophyloides Desc.
- C. alnifolium Desc.
- C. amplexicaule Desc.
- C. anatomicum Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. ankirihitrensis Desc.
- C. auriculata P.Singh & B.V.Shetty
- C. auriculatum P.Singh & B.V.Shetty
- C. bainesii Desc.
- C. bambuseti Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. barbosae Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. betiforme Vollesen
- C. bidgoodiae Verdc.
- C. biternatum Desc.
- C. boranense Vollesen
- C. bororense Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. braunii Desc.
- C. brieyi Compère
- C. buchananii Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. bullatum Desc.
- C. burgeri Vollesen
- C. cabui Desc.
- C. camerounense Desc.
- C. chevalieri Desc.
- C. chloroleucum Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. chrysadenium Desc.
- C. cirrhosum Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. congestum Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. congoense Desc.
- C. connivens Desc.
- C. conradsii Desc.
- C. cornigera Desc.
- C. cornus-africani Thulin
- C. crassiusculum Desc.
- C. crinitum Desc.
- C. cristigera Desc.
- C. crithmifolium Desc.
- C. crotalarioides Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. cryptoglandulosum Verdc.
- C. cuneatum Desc.
- C. currorii Desc.
- C. curvipodum Desc.
- C. cymosum Desc.
- C. cyphopetalum Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. dasycarpum Verdc.
- C. dasypleurum J.J.M.Van der Merwe
- C. decurrens Desc.
- C. degraeri Desc.
- C. delphinensis Desc.
- C. dembianensis Vollesen
- C. descoingsii Lavie
- C. desenfansii Desc.
- C. digitatum Desc.
- C. duparquettii Desc.
- C. dysocarpum Desc.
- C. echinocarpa Desc.
- C. egregium Desc.
- C. elephantopus Desc.
- C. elisabethvilleanum Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. eminii Desc.
- C. engleri Desc.
- C. erythreae Desc.
- C. erythrocephalum Desc.
- C. feddeanum Desc.
- C. flavicans Desc.
- C. flaviflorum Desc.
- C. fragariifolium Desc.
- C. fugosioides Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. gigantophyllum Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. gillettii Desc.
- C. glandulosissimum Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. glanduloso-pilosa Desc.
- C. gracillimum Desc.
- C. grahamii Verdc.
- C. grandistipulatum Desc.
- C. graniticum Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. greenwayi Verdc.
- C. greveanum Desc.
- C. griseorubrum Desc.
- C. hardyi Retief
- C. haumanii Desc.
- C. hereroense Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. heterotrichum Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. hildebrandtii Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. hispidiflorum J.J.M.Van der Merwe
- C. homblei Desc.
- C. horombense Desc.
- C. huillense Desc.
- C. humile Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. hypargyreum Desc.
- C. hypoleucum Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. jaegeri Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. jiguu Verdc.
- C. johannis Desc.
- C. juttae Desc.
- C. kaniamae Desc.
- C. kapiriense Desc.
- C. keilii Desc.
- C. kibweziense Verdc.
- C. kilimandscharicum Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. kirkianum Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. kiwakishiense Desc.
- C. knittelii Desc.
- C. kundelunguense Malaisse
- C. lageniflorum Desc.
- C. lanigerum Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. laza Desc.
- C. leandrii Desc.
- C. ledermannii Desc.
- C. lelyi Desc.
- C. lentianum Desc.
- C. letouzeyanum Desc.
- C. leucorufescens Desc.
- C. leucotrichum Desc.
- C. libenii Desc.
- C. loandense Desc.
- C. lovemorei Willd. & R.B.Drumm.
- C. luteum Desc.
- C. lynesii Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. macrocarpa Desc.
- C. manambovensis Desc.
- C. manikense Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. mannii Desc.
- C. mappia Galet
- C. maranguense Desc.
- C. marlothii Desc.
- C. marunguense Desc.
- C. masukuense Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. megabotrys B.V.Shetty
- C. meyeri-johannis Verdc.
- C. michelii Desc.
- C. micradenium Desc.
- C. microdipterum Desc.
- C. migiurtinorum Desc.
- C. mildbraedii Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. milleri Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. molle Desc.
- C. montagnacii Desc.
- C. montanum Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. muhuluense Desc.
- C. nanellum Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. natalitium J.J.M.Van der Merwe
- C. nigroglandulosum Desc.
- C. niveum Desc.
- C. njegerre Desc.
- C. obovato-oblongum Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. odontadenium Desc.
- C. oleraceum J.J.M.Van der Merwe
- C. omburense Desc.
- C. ornatum Desc.
- C. ouakense Desc.
- C. overlaetii Desc.
- C. oxyphyllum Vollesen
- C. pachyanthum Desc.
- C. pachypus Desc.
- C. pannosum Vollesen
- C. passargei Desc.
- C. paucidentatum Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. pendulum Desc..
- C. perforatum Desc.
- C. phyllomicron Desc.
- C. pobeguinianum Desc.
- C. princeae Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. pruriens Desc.
- C. pseudoburgeri Verdc.
- C. pseudonjegerre Desc.
- C. pseudorhodesiae Desc.
- C. pseudosesquipedale Verdc.
- C. pseudoupembaense Desc.
- C. puberulum Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. pumilum Desc.
- C. quinatum Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. rhodesiae Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. richardsiae Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. ringoetii Desc.
- C. rivae Desc.
- C. robsonii Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. robynsii Desc.
- C. roseiglandulosum Desc.
- C. rotundistipulatum Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. rowlandii Desc.
- C. ruacanense Desc.
- C. rubroglandulosum Retief & B.-E.van Wyk
- C. rubromarginatum Desc.
- C. rubrosetosum Desc.
- C. rupicola Desc.
- C. rutilans Desc.
- C. sakalavensis Desc.
- C. sanctuarium-selousii Verdc.
- C. sarcospathulum Desc.
- C. saxicola Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. saxicolum Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. scarlatinum Desc.
- C. schimperi Desc.
- C. schlechteri Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. schliebenii Desc.
- C. segmentatum J.J.M.Van der Merwe
- C. seitzianum Desc.
- C. septemfoliatum Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. serjanioides Desc.
- C. serpens Desc.
- C. sesquipedale Desc.
- C. sessilifolium Desc.
- C. setosum Alston
- C. shinyangense Verdc.
- C. simplicifolium A.Björnstad
- C. simulans Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. sokodense Desc.
- C. spinosopilosum Desc.
- C. stefanianum Desc.
- C. stefaninianum Desc.
- C. stegosaurus Verdc.
- C. stenolobum Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. stenopodum Desc.
- C. stipulaceum Desc.
- C. strigosum Desc.
- C. subciliatum Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. sulcatum J.J.M.Van der Merwe
- C. taborense Verdc.
- C. tenuissimum Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. ternatomultifidum Desc.
- C. ternatum Desc.
- C. thomasii Desc.
- C. tisserantii Desc.
- C. trachyphyllum Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. trilobata M.R.Almeida
- C. triumfettoides Desc.
- C. tsaratananensis Desc.
- C. ukerewense Desc.
- C. upembaense Desc.
- C. urophyllum Desc.
- C. uter Desc.
- C. uwanda Verdc.
- C. vandenbergheae Malaisse & Matamba
- C. vandenbrandeanum Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. vanderbenii Desc.
- C. vanmeelii Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. vezensis Desc.
- C. villosicaule Verdc.
- C. villosiglandulosum Desc.
- C. violaceoglandulosum Desc.
- C. viscosum Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. vogelii Desc.
- C. vollesenii Verdc.
- C. waterlotii Desc.
- C. wilmsii Desc.
- C. wittei Wild & R.B.Drumm.
- C. woodii Desc.
- C. zanzibaricum Verdc.
- C. zechianum Desc.
- C. zimmermannii Verdc.
- C. zombense Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.