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Erect or climbing perennial herbs or shrubs, sometimes succulent (quadrangularis); tendrils leaf-opposed or 0. Stipules present. Leaves simple (in ours), lobed or digitately 3-7-foliolate. Flowers 4-merous, bisexual, in leaf-opposed or terminal cymes. Fl. bud conic, not constricted at the middle. Disk annular, entire or lobed. Seeds 1(-2). Derivation of name: From the Greek, kissos, meaning ivy. Worldwide: c. 200 species in tropical and warm areas. Zambia: 17 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Provinces | Content |
| aralioides (Welw. ex Baker) Planch. | Nw,N | Image | |
| cornifolia (Baker) Planch. | N,W,E,S | Lp,Lk,S | Description, Image |
| crusei Wild & R.B. Drumm.[End] | W,C,S | Nw,Lk,S | Description, Image |
| fanshawei Wild & R.B. Drumm.[LR-lc] | Cb | ||
| faucicola Wild & Drumm. | N | Lp,N | |
| grisea (Baker) Planch. | S | S | Description, Image |
| guerkeana (Büttner) T. Durand & Schinz | B | W | Description, Image |
| integrifolia (Baker) Planch. | B,N,E,S | C,S,W | Description, Image |
| nigropilosa Dewit | N,Mc | ||
| petiolata Hook. f. | Nw,Lp | Description, Image | |
| producta Afzel. | Lp | ||
| quadrangularis L. | W,S | Cb | Description, Image |
| quarrei Dewit | Lp | ||
| rubiginosa (Welw. ex Baker) Planch. | N,E | Lp,E | Description, Image |
| schmitzii Dewit | W | Cb | |
| trothae Gilg & M. Brandt | E | E | Description, Image |
| welwitschii (Baker) Planch. | E,S | E,S | Description, Image |
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