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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Vitales |
| Family: | Vitaceae |
| Genus: | Cissus |
| Species: | C. trifoliata
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| Cissus trifoliata | |
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Cissus trifoliata, known variously as possum-grape, sorrelvine, vine-sorrel, or hierba del buey is a New World plant species in the grape family. It is native to the southern United States, Mexico ( Quintana Roo, Yucatán, Michoacán, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz, Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, and Tamaulipas), Venezuela, Colombia and perhaps Ecuador ( Loja). It is also dispersed among some islands in the Caribbean (Aruba, Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and St. Croix and St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands). [1]
This woody perennial vine has stems that are trailing or climbing. Plants arise from large rank-smelling brown-skinned tubers. Leaves are palmately tri-lobed, fleshy or semi-succulent, and tend to be persistent, but are cold-deciduous at roughly 26F. Flowers are creamy yellow, four-merous, the petals spreading at anthesis. Fruits are black or deep purple, juicy, globose berry with 1-4 seeds. The tubers of this plant are considered poisonous, and contact with the plant can cause dermatitis in those with sensitive skin. [3]
Ecology
Found in agricultural areas and escaped in waste areas, roadsides, river banks, upland slopes, sandy washes; flowering November–May. [3]
- Possum grape also refers to Vitis cinerea
References
- ^ a b c Syst. nat. ed. 10, 2:897. 1759 "Cissus trifoliata". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
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^ Species was originally published under the name Sicyos trifoliatus (
Cucurbitaceae) in
Species Plantarum 2: 1013. 1753
"Plant Name Details for Sicyos trifoliatus".
IPNI. Retrieved July 11, 2010.
Locality: Habitat in Jamaica.
- ^ a b "SEINet Portal Network - Cissus trifoliata".
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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Vitales |
| Family: | Vitaceae |
| Genus: | Cissus |
| Species: | C. trifoliata
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| Binomial name | |
| Cissus trifoliata | |
| Synonyms | |
Cissus trifoliata, known variously as possum-grape, sorrelvine, vine-sorrel, or hierba del buey is a New World plant species in the grape family. It is native to the southern United States, Mexico ( Quintana Roo, Yucatán, Michoacán, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz, Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, and Tamaulipas), Venezuela, Colombia and perhaps Ecuador ( Loja). It is also dispersed among some islands in the Caribbean (Aruba, Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and St. Croix and St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands). [1]
This woody perennial vine has stems that are trailing or climbing. Plants arise from large rank-smelling brown-skinned tubers. Leaves are palmately tri-lobed, fleshy or semi-succulent, and tend to be persistent, but are cold-deciduous at roughly 26F. Flowers are creamy yellow, four-merous, the petals spreading at anthesis. Fruits are black or deep purple, juicy, globose berry with 1-4 seeds. The tubers of this plant are considered poisonous, and contact with the plant can cause dermatitis in those with sensitive skin. [3]
Ecology
Found in agricultural areas and escaped in waste areas, roadsides, river banks, upland slopes, sandy washes; flowering November–May. [3]
- Possum grape also refers to Vitis cinerea
References
- ^ a b c Syst. nat. ed. 10, 2:897. 1759 "Cissus trifoliata". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
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^ Species was originally published under the name Sicyos trifoliatus (
Cucurbitaceae) in
Species Plantarum 2: 1013. 1753
"Plant Name Details for Sicyos trifoliatus".
IPNI. Retrieved July 11, 2010.
Locality: Habitat in Jamaica.
- ^ a b "SEINet Portal Network - Cissus trifoliata".
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