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Genus: Cyphostemma

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Eudicotyledons >  Core eudicots > Family: Vitaceae

About 250 species, found in tropical and subtropical regions, with 34 species found in southern Africa.

 

Herbivores

Hippotion celerio (Silver Striped Hawkmoth)

Caterpillar have been recorded eating the leaves of Cyphostemma cirrhosum.

Lepidoptera: Sphingidae (hawkmoths)

 
 

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