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Cyphostemma is a flowering plant

Flowering plant

The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...

genus

Genus

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belonging to the family

Family

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Vitaceae

Vitaceae are a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants including the grapevine and Virginia creeper. The family name is derived from the genus Vitis...

. These species

Species

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are caudiciform

Caudex

A caudex is a form of stem morphology appearing as a thickened, short, perennial stem that is either underground or near ground level . It may be swollen for the purpose of water storage, especially in xerophytes...

and used to belong to the genus Cissus
Cissus
Cissus is a genus of approximately 350 species of woody vines in the grape family . They have a cosmopolitan distribution, though the majority are to be found in the tropics. In Tamil they are known as pirandai .-Medicinal:...

. The genus name comes from Greek

Greek language

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kyphos, meaning hump, and stemma, meaning garland.

Within the Vitaceae, Cyphostemma is most closely related to Cayratia
Cayratia
The botanical genus Cayratia comprises approximately 45 species, some of which have utility value to people. It is found in tropical and subtropical areas of Asia, Africa, Australia, and islands of the Pacific ocean....

and Tetrastigma
Tetrastigma
Tetrastigma is a genus of plants in the grape family, Vitaceae. The plants are vines that climb with tendrils and have palmately compound leaves. The species are found in subtropical and tropical regions of Asia, Malesia, and Australia, where they grow in primary rainforest, gallery forest and...

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Selected species

There are about 260 species in the genus.

C. abercornense Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. adamii Desc.
C. adenanthum (Fresen.) Desc.
C. adenocarpum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. adenocaule (Steud. ex A.Rich.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. adenocephalum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. adenopodum (Sprague) Desc.
C. agnus-castus (Planch.) Desc.
C. allophyloides (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. alnifolium (Schweinf. ex Planch.) Desc.
C. amplexicaule Desc.
C. anatomicum (C.A.Sm.) Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. ankirihitrensis Desc.
C. auriculata (Roxb.) P.Singh & B.V.Shetty
C. auriculatum (Roxb.) P.Singh & B.V.Shetty
C. bainesii
Cyphostemma bainesii
Cyphostemma bainesii is a species of tree native to Namibia in Southern Africa. It grows up to 1 m in height, with green leaves up to 27 centimeters long by 11 wide....

(Hook.f.) Desc.
C. bambuseti (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. barbosae Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. betiforme (Chiov.) Vollesen
C. bidgoodiae Verdc.
C. biternatum (Baker) Desc.
C. boranense Vollesen
C. bororense (Klotzsch) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. braunii (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. brieyi (De Wild.) Compère
C. buchananii (Planch.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. bullatum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. burgeri Vollesen
C. cabui (Dewit) Desc.
C. camerounense Desc.
C. chevalieri (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. chloroleucum (Welw.ex Baker) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. chrysadenium (Gilg) Desc.
C. cirrhosum
Cyphostemma cirrhosum
Cyphostemma cirrhosum is a species of plant native to Southern Africa. It is a soft-stemmed creeper with succulent, yellowish-green leaves. It bears yellow flowers and red, oval-shaped fruit....

(Thunb.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. congestum (Baker) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. congoense (auct.) Desc.
C. connivens (Lam.) Desc.
C. conradsii (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. cornigera Desc.
C. cornus-africani Thulin
C. crassiusculum (Baker) Desc.
C. crinitum (Planch.) Desc.
C. cristigera Desc.
C. crithmifolium (Chiov.) Desc.
C. crotalarioides (Planch.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. cryptoglandulosum Verdc.
C. cuneatum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. currorii
Cyphostemma currorii
Cyphostemma currorii is a succulent tree belonging to the family Vitaceae and reaching a height of 6 meters or more. This plant is also known as cobas tree and butter tree. Cyphostemma currorii is found in hot, arid rocky places, and has been seen from southern Angola to Namibia and is common on...

(Hook.f.) Desc.
C. curvipodum (Baker) Desc.
C. cymosum (Schumach. & Thonn.) Desc.
C. cyphopetalum (Fresen.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. dasycarpum Verdc.
C. dasypleurum (C.A.Sm.) J.J.M.Van der Merwe
C. decurrens (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. degraeri (Dewit) Desc.
C. delphinensis Desc.
C. dembianensis (Chiov.) Vollesen
C. descoingsii Lavie
C. desenfansii (Dewit) Desc.
C. digitatum (Forssk.) Desc.
C. duparquettii (Planch.) Desc.
C. dysocarpum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. echinocarpa Desc.
C. egregium (Gilg) Desc.
C. elephantopus Desc.
C. elisabethvilleanum (Dewit) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. eminii (Gilg) Desc.
C. engleri (Gilg) Desc.
C. erythreae (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. erythrocephalum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. feddeanum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. flavicans (Baker) Desc.
C. flaviflorum (Sprague) Desc.
C. fragariifolium (Bojer ex Planch.) Desc.
C. fugosioides (Gilg) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. gigantophyllum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. gillettii (De Wild. & T.Durand) Desc.
C. glandulosissimum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. glanduloso-pilosa Desc.
C. gracillimum (Werderm.) Desc.
C. grahamii Verdc.
C. grandistipulatum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. graniticum (Wild & R.B.Drumm.) Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. greenwayi Verdc.
C. greveanum Desc.
C. griseorubrum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. hardyi Retief
C. haumanii (Dewit) Desc.
C. hereroense (Schinz) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. heterotrichum (Gilg & R.E.Fr.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. hildebrandtii (Gilg) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. hispidiflorum (C.A.Sm.) J.J.M.Van der Merwe
C. homblei (De Wild.) Desc.
C. horombense Desc.
C. huillense (Exell & Mendonça) Desc.
C. humile (N.E.Br.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. hypargyreum (Gilg) Desc.
C. hypoleucum (Harv.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. jaegeri (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. jiguu Verdc.
C. johannis (Exell & Mendonça) Desc.
C. juttae
Cyphostemma juttae
Cyphostemma juttae is a slow-growing succulent species of Cyphostemma, well-known as an ornamental plant. The plant is also known as bastard cobas, wild grape, tree grape, Namibian grape, and Droog-my-keel. This species can reach 6 feet tall and has large shiny leaves.-References:*van Wyk, B. and...

(Dinter & Gilg) Desc.
C. kaniamae (Mullend. ex Dewit) Desc.
C. kapiriense (Dewit) Desc.
C. keilii (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. kibweziense Verdc.
C. kilimandscharicum (Gilg) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. kirkianum (Planch.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. kiwakishiense (Dewit) Desc.
C. knittelii (Gilg) Desc.
C. kundelunguense Malaisse
C. lageniflorum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. lanigerum (Harv.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. laza Desc.
C. leandrii Desc.
C. ledermannii (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. lelyi (Hutch.) Desc.
C. lentianum (Volkens & Gilg) Desc.
C. letouzeyanum Desc.
C. leucorufescens Desc.
C. leucotrichum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. libenii (Dewit) Desc.
C. loandense (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. lovemorei Willd. & R.B.Drumm.
C. luteum (Exell & Mendonça) Desc.
C. lynesii (Dewit) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. macrocarpa Desc.
C. manambovensis Desc.
C. manikense (De Wild.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. mannii (Baker) Desc.
C. mappia (Lam.) Galet
C. maranguense (Gilg) Desc.
C. marlothii (Dinter & Gilg) Desc.
C. marunguense (Dewit) Desc.
C. masukuense (Baker) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. megabotrys (Collett & Hemsl.) B.V.Shetty
C. meyeri-johannis (Gilg & M.Brandt) Verdc.
C. michelii (Dewit) Desc.
C. micradenium (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. microdipterum (Baker) Desc.
C. migiurtinorum (Chiov.) Desc.
C. mildbraedii (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. milleri Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. molle (Steud. ex A.Rich.) Desc.
C. montagnacii Desc.
C. montanum Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. muhuluense (Mildbr.) Desc.
C. nanellum (Gilg & R.E.Fr.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. natalitium (Szyszyl.) J.J.M.Van der Merwe
C. nigroglandulosum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. niveum (Hochst. ex Schweinf.) Desc.
C. njegerre (Gilg & Strauss) Desc.
C. obovato-oblongum (De Wild.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. odontadenium (Gilg) Desc.
C. oleraceum (Bolus) J.J.M.Van der Merwe
C. omburense (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. ornatum (A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel) Desc.
C. ouakense Desc.
C. overlaetii (Dewit) Desc.
C. oxyphyllum (A.Rich.) Vollesen
C. pachyanthum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. pachypus Desc.
C. pannosum Vollesen
C. passargei (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. paucidentatum (Klotzsch) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. pendulum (Welw. ex Baker) Desc..
C. perforatum (Louis ex Dewit) Desc.
C. phyllomicron (Chiov.) Desc.
C. pobeguinianum Desc.
C. princeae (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. pruriens (Welw. ex Baker) Desc.
C. pseudoburgeri Verdc.
C. pseudonjegerre (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. pseudorhodesiae (Dewit) Desc.
C. pseudosesquipedale Verdc.
C. pseudoupembaense (Dewit) Desc.
C. puberulum (C.A.Sm.) Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. pumilum Desc.
C. quinatum (Dryand.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. rhodesiae (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. richardsiae Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. ringoetii (De Wild.) Desc.
C. rivae (Gilg) Desc.
C. robsonii Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. robynsii (Dewit) Desc.
C. roseiglandulosum Desc.
C. rotundistipulatum Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. rowlandii (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. ruacanense (Exell & Mendonça) Desc.
C. rubroglandulosum Retief & B.-E.van Wyk
C. rubromarginatum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. rubrosetosum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. rupicola (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. rutilans Desc.
C. sakalavensis Desc.
C. sanctuarium-selousii Verdc.
C. sarcospathulum (Chiov.) Desc.
C. saxicola (Gilg & R.E.Fr.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. saxicolum (Gilg & R.E.Fr.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. scarlatinum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. schimperi (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Desc.
C. schlechteri (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. schliebenii (Mildbr.) Desc.
C. segmentatum (C.A.Sm.) J.J.M.Van der Merwe
C. seitzianum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. septemfoliatum Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. serjanioides (Planch.) Desc.
C. serpens (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Desc.
C. sesquipedale (Gilg) Desc.
C. sessilifolium (Dewit) Desc.
C. setosum (Roxb.) Alston
C. shinyangense Verdc.
C. simplicifolium A.Björnstad
C. simulans (C.A.Sm.) Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. sokodense (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. spinosopilosum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. stefanianum (Chiov.) Desc.
C. stefaninianum (Chiov.) Desc.
C. stegosaurus Verdc.
C. stenolobum (Welw. ex Baker) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. stenopodum (Gilg ex Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. stipulaceum (Baker) Desc.
C. strigosum (Dewit) Desc.
C. subciliatum (Baker) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. sulcatum (C.A.Sm.) J.J.M.Van der Merwe
C. taborense Verdc.
C. tenuissimum (Gilg & R.E.Fr.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. ternatomultifidum (Chiov.) Desc.
C. ternatum (Forssk.) Desc.
C. thomasii (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. tisserantii Desc.
C. trachyphyllum (Werderm.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. trilobata (Lam.) M.R.Almeida
C. triumfettoides (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. tsaratananensis Desc.
C. ukerewense (Gilg) Desc.
C. upembaense (Dewit) Desc.
C. urophyllum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. uter (Exell & Mendonça) Desc.
C. uwanda Verdc.
C. vandenbergheae Malaisse & Matamba
C. vandenbrandeanum (Dewit) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. vanderbenii (Dewit) Desc.
C. vanmeelii (Lawalrée) Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. vezensis Desc.
C. villosicaule Verdc.
C. villosiglandulosum (Werderm.) Desc.
C. violaceoglandulosum (Gilg) Desc.
C. viscosum (Gilg & R.E.Fr.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. vogelii (Hook.f.) Desc.
C. vollesenii Verdc.
C. waterlotii (A.Chev.) Desc.
C. wilmsii (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. wittei (Staner) Wild & R.B.Drumm.
C. woodii (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. zanzibaricum Verdc.
C. zechianum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
C. zimmermannii Verdc.
C. zombense (Baker) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.

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