Vitaceae
Cyphostemma

Cyphostemma buchananii (Planch.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.

First published in Fl. Zambes. 2: 480 (1966)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Kenya to S. Africa. It is a climbing shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1966). Flora Zambesiaca 2(2): 353-653. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1993). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Vitaceae: 1-149.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Descoings in Nat. Monsp., sér. Bot., 18: 219 (1967).
  • Descoings in Not. Syst., Paris, 16: 120 (1960) (nom. invalid.)
  • Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 62 (1980).
  • Wild & Drummond in Flora Zambesiaca 2: 480, t. 97D (1966).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Buchanan, J. [279] Mozambique K001044769 Type Yes
Buchanan, J. [279] Mozambique K001044771 Type Yes
Buchanan, J. [279] Mozambique K001044770 Type Yes
Wild, H. [40759] Zimbabwe Cissus buchananii K:SPC-09810.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7890] Tanzania Cissus buchananii K:SPC-00722.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0