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Cissus alata, commonly known as grape ivy, grape leaf ivy, oak leaf ivy, or Venezuela treebine, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Vitaceae native to the tropical Americas. [3] Under its synonym Cissus rhombifolia, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [4] [5] The species name 'alata' means winged ...
Cissus is a genus of approximately 350 species of lianas (woody vines) in the grape family . They have a cosmopolitan distribution, though the majority are to be found in the tropics. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, though the majority are to be found in the tropics.
Cissus rhomboidea E.Mey. ex Harv. ( basionym ) [ 1 ] Rhoicissus rhomboidea , also known as the glossy forest grape , glossy wild grape , ropewood , bastard forest grape and grape ivy , [ 2 ] is an evergreen climbing plant in the family Vitaceae that is native to the eastern forests of southern Africa .
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The name derives from the Greek parthenos, "virgin", and kissos (Latinized as "cissus"), "ivy". The reason is variously given as the ability of these creepers to form seeds without pollination [4] or the English name of P. quinquefolia, Virginia creeper, which has become attached to the whole genus. [5]
Eumorpha satellitia, the satellite sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.The family was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771. It lives from Brazil and northern Argentina north through Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies to south Texas and southern Arizona.
Cissus quadrangularis is a perennial plant of the grape family. It is commonly known as veldt grape , winged treebine [ 2 ] or adamant creeper . [ 3 ] The species is native to tropical Asia, the Arabian Peninsula and much of Africa.
The larvae probably feed on Vitis tiliifolia and other Vitaceae and Dilleniaceae species, such as Vitis, Cissus rhombifolia and Ampelopsis, Tetracera volubilis, Curatella americana, Tetracera hydrophila and Doliocarpus multiflorus. Ludwigia of the family Onagraceae might also be a host plant.