''Rhoicissus'' is an

Afrotropical The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...

plant genus in the grape family

Vitaceae The Vitaceae are a family of flowering plants, with 14 genera and around 910 known species, including common plants such as grapevines (''Vitis'' spp.) and Virginia creeper (''Parthenocissus quinquefolia''). The family name is derived from the ge ...

and subfamily Vitoideae. There are between nine and twenty-two accepted species. The leaves of species '' R. tomentosa'' and ''R. tridentata'' are eaten by

caterpillar Caterpillars ( ) are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths). As with most common names, the application of the word is arbitrary, since the larvae of sawflies (suborder Sym ...

s of the silver striped hawkmoth (''Hippotion celerio'').

Selected species

The genus includes the following species:
'' Rhoicissus digitata'' (L.f.) Gilg & Brandt
'' Rhoicissus drepanophylla'' Gilg
'' Rhoicissus edulis'' De Wild.
'' Rhoicissus holstii'' Engl.
'' Rhoicissus kougabergensis'' Retief & van Jaarsv.
'' Rhoicissus laetans'' Retief
'' Rhoicissus megalismontanus'' Oberm.
'' Rhoicissus napaeus'' C.A.Sm.
'' Rhoicissus revoilii'' Planch.
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Rhoicissus rhomboidea ''Rhoicissus rhomboidea'' is a climbing plant in the family Vitaceae, commonly known as the glossy forest grape. It is found in the eastern forests of southern Africa. The species was first described in 1859, treated under ''Cissus ''Cissu ...

'' (E.Mey. ex Harv.) Planch.
'' Rhoicissus sansibarensis'' Gilg
'' Rhoicissus schlechteri'' Gilg & Brandt
'' Rhoicissus sekhukhuniensis'' Retief, S.J.Siebert & A.E.van Wyk
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Rhoicissus sessilifolia ''Rhoicissus'' is an Afrotropical plant genus in the grape family Vitaceae and subfamily Vitoideae. There are between nine and twenty-two accepted species. The leaves of species '' R. tomentosa'' and ''R. tridentata'' are eaten by caterpillars ...

'' Retief
'' Rhoicissus tomentosa'' (Lam.) Wild & R.B.Drumm.
'' Rhoicissus tridentata'' (L.f.) Wild & R.B.Drumm.
'' Rhoicissus usambarensis'' Gilg
'' Rhoicissus verdickii'' De Wild.

References

Vitaceae Vitaceae genera Creepers of South Africa {{vitaceae-stub