Cissus alata
Cissus alata leaves
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]
List
    • Cissus pubescens Kunth
    • Cissus rhombifolia Vahl
    • Cissus sulcicaulis var. alata (Jacq.) Hassl.
    • Gonoloma alata (Jacq.) Raf.
    • Vitis alata (Jacq.) Kuntze
    • Vitis rhombifolia (Vahl) Baker

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 2 "Cissus alata Jacq". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Cissus alata". Plant Finder. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  3. ↑ Lombardi, Julio Antonio (1995). "Typification of Names of South American Cissus (Vitaceae)". Taxon. 44 (2): 193–206. doi:10.2307/1222442. JSTOR 1222442.
  4. ↑ "Cissus rhombifolia Venezuela treebine". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021. Synonyms; Cissus rhomboidea


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