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Rhoicissus
Sign in to saveRhoicissus is an Afrotropical plant genus in the grape family Vitaceae and subfamily Vitoideae. There are between nine and twenty-two accepted species.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderVitales
- FamilyVitaceae
Native toAngola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Comoros, Djibouti, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State
Observations recorded10,365
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 53
- With media
- 39
- Family
- Vitaceae
- Collections
- GH, MO, A, NY
- Recorded in
- Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, South Africa, Mozambique, Saudi Arabia, Eswatini
Wikidata facts
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- Rhoicissus
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Rhoicissus
- topic's main category
- Category:Rhoicissus
- taxon common name
- 菱叶藤属
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Encyclopedic overview
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Rhoicissus is an Afrotropical plant genus in the grape family Vitaceae and subfamily Vitoideae. There are between nine and twenty-two accepted species.
The leaves of species R. tomentosa and R. tridentata are eaten by caterpillars of the silver striped hawkmoth (Hippotion celerio).
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