Rhoicissus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Ordo: Vitales

Familia: Vitaceae
Subfamilia: Vitoideae
Tribus: Ampelopsideae
Genus: Rhoicissus
Species: R. digitata – R. kougabergensis – R. laetans – R. microphylla – R. napaeus – R. revoilii – R. rhomboidea – R. sekhukhuniensis – R. sessilifolia – R. tomentosa – R. tridentata
Name

Rhoicissus Planch., Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 5(2): 463. (1887)

Type species: Rhoicissus tomentosus (Lam.) Wild & R.B.Drumm., Kirkia 3: 18. (1963)

References

Planchon, J.M. 1887. Monographiae Phanerogamarum Prodromi nunc Continuato, nunc Revisio Auctoribus Alphonso et Casimir de Candolle Aliisque Botanicis Ultra Memoratist 5(2): 463.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Rhoicissus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct. 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Rhoicissus. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 10 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Rhoicissus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct. 10.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Rhoicissus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names
English: Bastard Forest Grapes

Rhoicissus is an Afrotropical plant genus in the grape family Vitaceae and subfamily Vitoideae. There are between nine and twenty-two accepted species.[2][1][3]

The leaves of species R. tomentosa and R. tridentata are eaten by caterpillars of the silver striped hawkmoth (Hippotion celerio).[4]
Selected species

The genus includes the following species:[3][4][5]
Rhoicissus digitata (L.f.) Gilg & Brandt
Rhoicissus drepanophylla Gilg
Rhoicissus edulis De Wild.
Rhoicissus holstii Engl.
Rhoicissus kougabergensis Retief & van Jaarsv.
Rhoicissus laetans Retief
Rhoicissus megalismontanus Oberm.
Rhoicissus napaeus C.A.Sm.
Rhoicissus revoilii Planch.
Rhoicissus rhomboidea (E.Mey. ex Harv.) Planch.
Rhoicissus sansibarensis Gilg
Rhoicissus schlechteri Gilg & Brandt
Rhoicissus sekhukhuniensis Retief, S.J.Siebert & A.E.van Wyk
Rhoicissus sessilifolia Retief
Rhoicissus tomentosa (Lam.) Wild & R.B.Drumm.
Rhoicissus tridentata (L.f.) Wild & R.B.Drumm.
Rhoicissus usambarensis Gilg
Rhoicissus verdickii De Wild.

References

GRIN (April 3, 2006). "Rhoicissus information from NPGS/GRIN". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved December 13, 2009.
"Rhoicissus". The Plant List. 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
GRIN. "Species in GRIN for genus Rhoicissus". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved December 13, 2009.
"Rhoicissus". Biodiversity Explorer. Iziko Museums of Cape Town. Retrieved December 13, 2009.
"Search results for genus Rhoicissus". IPNI. Retrieved December 13, 2009.