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Cyphostemma congoensis (Hort.) Desc.

Vitaceae

No habitat climate Photographs not checked Cactus or succulent
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About the genus · 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.

Text from Wikipedia, “Cyphostemma”, CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted as written.

Family
Vitaceae
Described by
(Hort.) Desc.
Native to
not verified
Wild records
none in range

Also known as Cyphostemma congoense (Hort.) Desc.; Vitis congoensis Anon.; Vitis congoensis Hort.

Cultivation

Grouped as a cactus or succulent by the genus Cyphostemma, which is reliably one kind of plant (archetype table). The table holds no figure for this group, which spans too much for one minimum, and no habitat climate is derived yet; no cold floor is given, and no prose comes from the table.

Nothing derived: no habitat climate for this species, and the archetype table has no figure for its genus or family.

Climate across the habitat

No habitat climate can be derived: Native range not verified: no WCVP distribution with native status for this name, so records cannot be told from cultivation and no habitat climate is derived.

Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.
No openly licensed record to show inside the range.
NativeNot verified.Reported present (native status not stated): Congo [Brazzaville]
Evidence usedNo verified native range for this name: WCVP has no entry with native status, and a checklist that only reports presence cannot tell a wild record from a garden one. The map shows 0 openly licensed records untested against any range; no map marker or climate is derived from them, and no sheet is built from them.

Papers naming this species

Works whose title or abstract names Cyphostemma congoensis, most cited first, from OpenAlex (CC0). A mention, not a cultivation source: nothing on this page is drawn from them.

Occurrence Download
GBIF.Org User (2023) · Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Other Cyphostemma 227 in the reference

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Cyphostemma ankirihitrense Vitaceae Cyphostemma bainesii African Tree Grape all 228 ›

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