Cissus trifoliata
| Possum-grape | |
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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, or vine-sorrel, 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]
See also
- 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.
- ^ 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.
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