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4917.000 Rhoicissus
Description of the genus
Shrubs, often with climbing branches, or woody climbers. Tendrils usually present, leaf-opposed, never borne on the inflorescence. Leaves simple or 3(-5)-foliolate. Inflorescences in leaf-opposed, ± condensed cymes. Calyx ± entire. Petals 5-6. Disk entire with the ovary completely submerged in it. Style slender, readily visible. Seeds 1-2(-4). Worldwide: 12 species in tropical and South Africa Malawi: 3 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| revoilii Planch. | S | Description, Image |
| tomentosa (Lam.) Wild & R.B. Drumm. | S | Description, Image |
| tridentata (L.f.) Wild & R.B. Drumm. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Rhoicissus
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ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): RhoicissusFlora Zambesiaca web site: Rhoicissus
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Rhoicissus
Wikipedia: Rhoicissus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Rhoicissus
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Rhoicissus
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