Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Cissampelos pareira var. owariensis (P.Beauv. ex DC.) Oliv., Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 46. 1868.
  • Cissampelos pareira subsp. owariensis (P.Beauv. ex DC.) Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 181. 1895.

• Heterotypic
  • Cissampelos insolita Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 17: 136. 1866, nom. nud.
  • Cissampelos insolita Miers ex Oliv., Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 46. 1868.
  • Cissampelos hirta Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 17: 136. 1866, nom. nud. – Contr. Bot. 3: 179(–180). 1871, nom. illeg. hom. – non Cissampelos hirta Klotzsch in Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 1): 174. 1861.
  • Cissampelos pareira var. asperifolia Welw. ex Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 1(1): 19. 1896.
  • Cissampelos pareira var. hirta T.Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. 1(2): 51. 1898.
  • Cissampelos robertsonii Exell, J. Bot. 64: 192(–193). 1926.

• Misapplied names
  • Cissampelos mucronata sensu Diels, Pflanzenr. (Engler) IV. 94 (Heft 46): 300(–301). 1910, p.p. – non Cissampelos mucronata A.Rich. in Guill., Perr. & A.Rich., Fl. Seneg. Tent. 1: 11. 1831.
  • Cissampelos pareira auct. – non Cissampelos pareira L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1031. 1753.

Primary references

• De Candolle, A.P. 1824. Ordo V. Menispermaceae. Pp. 95–104 in Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta, Pars 1, Sistens Thalamiflorarum ordines LIV. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 
• Engler, A. 1895. Fam.: Menispermaceae. Pp. 181–182 in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theil C, Verzeichniss der bis jetzt aus Ost-Afrika bekannt gewordenen Pflanzen. Dietrich Reimer, Berlin. BHL Reference page. 
• Hiern, W.P. 1896. Catalogue of the African Plants collected by Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch in 1853–61. [Vol. I.] Dicotyledons, Part I. Pp. I–XXVI, 1–336. London. BHL Reference page. 
• Oliver, D. 1868. Order IV. Menispermaceae. Pp. 40–50 in Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol. 1, Ranunculaceae to Connaraceae. L. Reeve and Co., London. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Essou, J.-P. 2006. Menispermaceae Juss. Pp. 798–803 in Akoègninou, A., Van der Burg, W.J. & Van der Maesen, L.J.G. (chief eds.), Flore analytique du Bénin. Backhuys Publishers, Cotonou & Wageningen. ISBN 90-5782-181-8. Reference page. 
• Exell, A.W. & Mendonça, F.A. 1937. 4 — Menispermaceae. Pp. 32–45 in Conspectus Florae Angolensis, Vol. 1, Fasc. 1, Ranunculaceae–Malvaceae. Ministério do Ultramar, Lisboa. Online Reference page. 
• Troupin, G. 1951. 34. Menispermaceae. Pp. 202–255 in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, Vol. 2. Institut National pour l'Étude Agronomique du Congo Belge, Bruxelles [Brussels]. Reference page. 
• Troupin, G. 1956. Menispermaceae. In Turrill, W.B. & Milne-Redhead, E. (eds.), Flora of Tropical East Africa. 32 pp. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, London. ISBN 978-1-84246-286-7 Online Reference page. 
• Troupin, G. 1959. Contribution a l'étude monographique des Menispermaceae africaines IV. Menispermaceae du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi. Bulletin du Jardin botanique de l'État a Bruxelles 29: 213–226. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Troupin, G. 1960. 7. Menispermaceae. Pp. 150–171 in Exell, A.W. & Wild, H. (eds.), Flora Zambesiaca, Vol. 1, part 1. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, London. Online Reference page. 
• Troupin, G. 1962. Monographie des Menispermaceae africaines. 313 pp. (Mémoires in-8vo, Nouv. sér., Tome XIII, fasc. 2.) Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer, Classe des Sciences Naturelles et Médicales, Bruxelles. PDF (20 MB) Reference page. 
• Troupin, G. & Keay, R.W.J. 1954. 12. Menispermaceae. Pp. 66–77 in Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J., Flora of West Tropical Africa, 2nd ed., Vol. 1(1). Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, London. Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cissampelos owariensis. Published online. Accessed: 30 March 2019.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cissampelos owariensis.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Cissampelos owariensis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 March 30. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Cissampelos owariensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 March 2019.
• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Cissampelos owariensis. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 30 March 2019.