Rhoicissus

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|image = Rhoicissus tomentosa - Cape Grape Creeper - Cape Town - 6.JPG

|taxon = Rhoicissus

|authority = Planch.{{ cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?10419 |title=Rhoicissus information from NPGS/GRIN |author=GRIN |work=Taxonomy for Plants |publisher=USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program |location=National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland |date=April 3, 2006 |accessdate=December 13, 2009}}

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = See text.

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Rhoicissus is an Afrotropical plant genus in the grape family Vitaceae and subfamily Vitoideae. There are between nine and twenty-two accepted species.{{cite web|title=Rhoicissus|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/search?q=Rhoicissus |work=The Plant List |date=2010 |accessdate=27 August 2013}}{{ cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?10419 |title=Species in GRIN for genus Rhoicissus |author=GRIN |work=Taxonomy for Plants |publisher=USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program |location=National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland |accessdate=December 13, 2009}}

The leaves of species R. tomentosa and R. tridentata are eaten by caterpillars of the silver striped hawkmoth (Hippotion celerio).{{ cite web |url=http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/plants/vitaceae/rhoicissus.htm |title=Rhoicissus |work=Biodiversity Explorer |publisher=Iziko Museums of Cape Town|accessdate=December 13, 2009}}

Selected species

The genus includes the following species:{{ cite web |url=http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do?find_family=&find_genus=Rhoicissus&find_species=&find_infrafamily=&find_infragenus=&find_infraspecies=&find_authorAbbrev=&find_includePublicationAuthors=on&find_includePublicationAuthors=off&find_includeBasionymAuthors=on&find_includeBasionymAuthors=off&find_publicationTitle=&find_isAPNIRecord=on&find_isAPNIRecord=false&find_isGCIRecord=on&find_isGCIRecord=false&find_isIKRecord=on&find_isIKRecord=false&find_rankToReturn=all&output_format=normal&find_sortByFamily=on&find_sortByFamily=off&query_type=by_query&back_page=plantsearch |title=Search results for genus Rhoicissus |work=IPNI |accessdate=December 13, 2009}}

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.

Rhoicissus rhomboidea (E.Mey. ex Harv.) Planch.

Rhoicissus sansibarensis Gilg

Rhoicissus schlechteri Gilg & Brandt