Cissus anisophylla is a plant species known from lowland rainforests of Panama, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and the Mexican state of Chiapas.Tropicos, Cissus anisophylla, distributionDavidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2014. Saururaceae a Zygophyllaceae. 2(3): ined. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México.Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama.Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil . Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro.Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador, Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i–viii, 1–1181.Lombardi, J. A. 2001. 115. Vitaceae. 67: 1–37. In G. W. Harling & L. Andersson (eds.) Flora del Ecuador. University of Göteborg, Göteborg.
Cissus anisophylla is a liana climbing over other vegetation by means of branched tendrils. Stems are round in cross-section, hairless. Leaves are broadly ovate, up to 14 cm long and 10 cm across. Flowers are green, about 5 mm in diameter, borne in compound cymes up to 6 cm across, with minutely hairy peduncles.Lombardi, J. A. 1997. Two new species of Cissus (Vitaceae) from Central and South America. Novon 7(2): 182–185.
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