Cercestis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The species in this genus are all climbers and are native to Africa.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesGovaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. At intervals along the stem they produce long leafless shoots called flagella. Many of the species in Cersestis show signs of fenestration.Bown, Demi (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. .
Species Cercestis afzelii Schott - tropical West Africa from Senegal to Nigeria Cercestis camerunensis (Ntépé-Nyamè) Bogner - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon Cercestis congoensis Engl. -Angola, Zaire, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Central African Republic, Cameroon Cercestis dinklagei Engl. - Zaire, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Cameroon, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast Cercestis hepperi Jongkind - Liberia Cercestis ivorensis A.Chev - Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Gabon Cercestis kamerunianus (Engl.) N.E.Br. - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon Cercestis mirabilis (N.E.Br.) Bogner - tropical West Africa from Benin to Angola Cercestis sagittatus Engl. - Liberia, Ivory Coast Cercestis taiensis Bogner & Knecht - Liberia, Ivory Coast
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