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

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From THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL HERBARIUM
Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
VITA
NO: 4683
Cissus sicyoides L.
LOCALITY: East End Quarter.
‘HABITAT: Disturbed roadside.
DESCRIPTION: Herbaceous creeping vine; stems fleshy, young stems reddish.
Inflorescence reddish-tinged; petals valvate, pinkish, early deciduous. Nectary disk
yellow, producing abundant neptar; pistile greenish. Numerous bees visiting the
flowers.
COLL: P. Acevedo-Rdgz., A. Siaca
DATE: 5 Jan 1992
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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