4918.010 Cyphostemma (Planch.) Alston

Description of the genus

Erect, prostrate or climbing perennial herbs or shrubs. Tendrils opposite the leaves or 0. Stipules present. Leaves digitately 3-9-foliolate, rarely simple and entire or lobed. Inflorescences of leaf-opposed or axillary corymbose cymes. Flowers 4-merous. Fl. bud cylindric to flask-shaped, constricted at or near the middle. Petals hooded at the apex, becoming reflexed after flowering. Disk divided into 4 ± fleshy glands. Style simple. Fruit usually with 1 seed.

Worldwide: c. 250 species in warm areas; many in Africa

Caprivi: 11 cultivated taxa.

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Species	Content
adenocaule (Steud. ex A. Rich.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B. Drumm.	Description
adenopodum (Sprague)
bambuseti (Gilg & M. Brandt) Desc. ex Wild & R.B. Drumm.
crotalarioides (Planch.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B. Drumm.	Description, Image
cyphopetalum (Fresen.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B. Drumm.
heterotrichum (Gilg & R.E. Fr.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B. Drumm.	Description
michelii (Dewit) Desc.
mildbraedii (Gilg & M. Brandt) Desc. ex Wild & R.B. Drumm.
serpens (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Desc.
ukerewense (Gilg) Desc.
vanderbenii (Dewit) Desc.

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Flora of Botswana: Cyphostemma
Flora of Caprivi: Cyphostemma
Flora of Malawi: Cyphostemma
Flora of Mozambique: Cyphostemma
Flora of Zambia: Cyphostemma
Flora of Zimbabwe: Cyphostemma
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Cyphostemma

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cyphostemma
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cyphostemma
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cyphostemma
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cyphostemma
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cyphostemma
JSTOR Plant Science: Cyphostemma
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cyphostemma
Plants of the World Online: Cyphostemma
Tropicos: Cyphostemma
Wikipedia: Cyphostemma