| Ampelocissus bombycina (Baker) Planch. |
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| Family : VITACEAE |
| Protologue : Vigne Amer. Vitic. Eur. 31 (1885) |
| Information on the genus : Ampelocissus |
| Basionym : Vitis bombycina Baker |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Vitis bombycina Baker (1868) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Ampelocissus cinnamochroa Planch. (1885) |
| =Ampelocissus lecardii auct. sensu A. Chev. 1920, non Planch. |
| =Ampelocissus malchairii De Wild. |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Erect, trailing or climbing herb 0,3-2 m tall; stems subwoody to 5-8 mm Ø; young stems reddish tomentose to woolly, becoming subglabrous; mature leaves reddish woolly or sparsely so;petiole 1,5-12,5 cm long;stem and petiole without gland-tipped hairs[…] |
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| Ecology : |
Pterocarpus and Combretum-Terminalia woodland and wooded grassland; gallery forest; often on black cotton soil or on rocky outcrops; granitic soil; forest edges; woodland with Combretum collinum, C. molle, Annona senegalensis, etc. |
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600-2000 m alt. |
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Not in Tanzania (= Cissus trothae; cited by Brenan 1949). |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and south Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
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| Record n°124005 modified 2007-01-29 |
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