Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Cissus verticillata (L.) Nicolson & C.E.Jarvis

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Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Rhamnales

Family
Vitaceae

Genus
Cissus

Species
verticillata

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Cissus verticillata subsp. verticillata. The Plant List (2017). Syn.: Cissus sicyoides L. fide Royal Botanic Gardens

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
  • Wiggins, I.L. (1968) A New Species and Subspecies of Galvezia (Scrophulariaceae) from the Galápagos Islands. Occ. Pap. Calif. Acad. Sci. 65: 1-7.
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2022) Plants of the world online POWO (2022): Plants of the world online. Published on the Internet; Https://powo.science.kew.org/

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"Galapagos Species Database, Cissus verticillata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18565. Accessed 2 August 2025.