A family of 14 genera and about 850 species, pantropic and warm temperate regions; six genera occur naturally in Australia.

Ampelocissus - A genus of 90-100 species, pantropic but extending into the subtropics; three species occur naturally in Australia. Jackes (1984).

Causonis - A genus of about 30 species in Asia, Malesia, Australia; five species occur naturally in Australia. Jackes (2020).

Cayratia - A genus of about 25 species in tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia, Malesia, Australia and the Pacific islands; three species occur naturally in Australia. Jackes (1987; 2020).

Cissus - A genus of about 350 species with a world-wide distribution, more common in the tropics but also extends into temperate regions; 14 species occur naturally in Australia. Jackes (1988).

Clematicissus - A genus of two species, both endemic to Australia.

Leea - A genus of about 34 species in Africa, Madagascar, Asia, Malesia, Australia and the Pacific islands; two species occur naturally in Australia. Ridsdale (1974, 1976); Molina et al (2013).

Tetrastigma - A genus of about 120 species in Asia, Malesia, Australia and the Pacific islands; five, perhaps six species occur naturally in Australia. Jackes (1989).

Jackes, B.R. (1984). Revision of the Australian Vitaceae, 1. Ampelocissus Planchon. Austrobaileya 2:81-86.

Jackes, B.R. (1987). Revision of the Australian Vitaceae, 2. Cayratia Juss. Austrobaileya 2:365-379.

Jackes, B.R. (1988). Revision of the Australian Vitaceae, 3. Cissus L. Austrobaileya 2:481-505.

Jackes, B.R. (1989). Revision of the Australian Vitaceae, 5. Tetrastigma (Miq.) Planchon. Austrobaileya 3:149-158.

Jackes, B.R. (2020). Transfer of three species of Cayratia Juss. to Causonis Raf. (Vitaceae). Telopea 23: 69-71.

Molina, J.E., Wen, J. & Struwe, L. (2013). Systematics and biogeography of the non-viny grape relative Leea (Vitaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 354-376.

Ridsdale, C.E. (1974). A revision of the family Leeaceae. Blumea 22:57-100.

Ridsdale, C.E. (1976). Leeaceae. In 'Flora Malesiana.' Ser. 1, Vol. 7, (Noordhoff International Publishing: Leyden.), pp. 755-782.

Suessenguth, K. (1953). Vitaceae. In 'Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien.' Band 20d, (Duncker & Humblot: Berlin.), pp. 174-333.