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Cyphostemma

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Kingdom
  
Family
  
Higher classification
  
Vitaceae

Order
  
Vitales

Scientific name
  
Cyphostemma

Rank
  
Genus


Lower classifications
  
Cyphostemma juttae, Cyphostemma bainesii, Cyphostemma cirrhosum

Cyphostemma garden plants


Cyphostemma is a flowering plant genus belonging to the family Vitaceae. 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.

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Cyphostemma CyphostemmajuttaeAndrewMassynjpg

Within the Vitaceae, Cyphostemma is most closely related to Cayratia and Tetrastigma.

Succulents cyphostemma juttae


Distribution

They originate from Africa, in particular from Madagascar.

Selected species

There are about 260 species in the genus.

List sources :
Cyphostemma Composted Cyphostemma juttae


Cyphostemma Cyphostemma juttae and currorii

Cyphostemma Cyphostemma juttae

References

Cyphostemma Wikipedia