Lianas, climbing by tendrils, synoecious or polygamomonoecious.Branches:bark adherent; pith white, continuous through nodes; Tendrils Unbranched or 2-branched [3–6-branched], without adhesive discs.Leavessimple or palmately compound [pinnately compound].Inflorescencesbisexual or functionally unisexual, leaf-opposed, corymblike cymes, sometimes compound.Flowersbisexual or unisexual; calyx cup-shaped, indistinctly 4-lobed; petals 4, distinct; nectary adnate to base of ovary, cup-shaped, entire or 4-lobed; stamens 4; style conic or cylindric, elongate.Berriesblue-black to black.Seeds1(–4) per fruit.x= 12.
BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION:79 - Mexico Southeast COLLECTOR:Pedro Acevedo-Rodríguez Herison O. Medeiros Marcelo R. Pace A. Pérez R. MICROHABITAT DESCRIPTION:Remnanant forest along roadside. MIN. ELEVATION:431 PREPARATION:PhotographPLACE:Along road 199, ca. 5.6 km west of entrance to Palenque and Rd 307., Chiapas, Mexico, North America - NeotropicsCOLLECTION DATE:19 Sep 2016TAXONOMY:Plantae Dicotyledonae Vitales Vitaceae VitoideaePUBLISHED NAME:Cissus sp.SEE MORE ITEMS IN:BotanyFlowering plants and fernsGGI ProjectDATA SOURCE:NMNH - Botany Dept.GUID:http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ab291970-bbf7-4a9e-b28f-15fb869e3a7a
