Ampelocissus
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Ampelocissus is a genus of Vitaceae having 90 or more species found variously in tropical Africa
, Asia
, Central America
, and Oceania
. The type species
, A. latifolia
, was originally treated under its basionym
, Vitis latifolia, and was collected from the Indian subcontinent
.
Species of Ampelocissus are herbaceous
or woody
, hermaphroditic or polygamo-dioecious flowering plants with tendril
s for climbing. Fruits are grape
-like berries
having 1-4 seeds. Their diploid chromosomal
number is 40 (2n=40).
Ampelocissus abyssinica
(Hochst. ex A.Rich) Planch.
Ampelocissus acapulcensis (Kunth) Planch.
Ampelocissus acetosa
(F.Muell.) Planch.
Ampelocissus aculeata Planch.
Ampelocissus aesculifolia Gilg & Brandt
Ampelocissus africana
(Lour.) Merr.
Ampelocissus alexandri Urb.
Ampelocissus amentacea Ridl.
Ampelocissus angolensis Planch.
Ampelocissus arachnoidea (Hassk.) Planch.
Ampelocissus araneosa (Dalzell) Gamble
Ampelocissus arcuata Planch.
Ampelocissus arnottiana Planch.
Ampelocissus artemisiifolia Planch.
Ampelocissus ascendiflora Latiff
Ampelocissus atacorensis A.Chev.
Ampelocissus bakeri Planch.
Ampelocissus banaensis Gagnep.
Ampelocissus barbata Planch.
Ampelocissus birii P.Singh & B.V.Shetty
Ampelocissus bombycina Planch.
Ampelocissus borneensis Merr.
Ampelocissus botryostachys Planch.
Ampelocissus brunneo-rubra Gilg
Ampelocissus butoensis C.L.Li
Ampelocissus calophylla Gilg ex De Wild.
Ampelocissus capillaris Merr.
Ampelocissus cardiospermoides Planch.
Ampelocissus cavicaulis Planch.
Ampelocissus celebica Suess.
Ampelocissus changensis Craib
Ampelocissus chantinii Planch.
Ampelocissus cinnamochroa Planch.
Ampelocissus cinnamomea Planch.
Ampelocissus complanata Latiff
Ampelocissus compositifolia Planch.
Ampelocissus concinna
(Baker) Planch.
Ampelocissus costaricensis Lundell
Ampelocissus cussoniifolia Planch.
Ampelocissus debilis Ridl.
Ampelocissus dekindtiana Gilg
Ampelocissus dichothrix (Miq.) Suess.
Ampelocissus dichrothrix (Miq.) Suess. & Suess.
Ampelocissus dissecta Planch.
Ampelocissus divaricata Planch.
Ampelocissus dolichobotrys Quisumb. & Merr.
Ampelocissus edulis Gilg & Brandt
Ampelocissus elegans Gagnep.
Ampelocissus elephantina Planch.
Ampelocissus elisabethvilleana De Wild.
Ampelocissus erdvendbergiana Planch.
Ampelocissus erdwendbergii Planch.
Ampelocissus erioclada (Wight & Arn.) Planch.
Ampelocissus filipes Planch.
Ampelocissus floccosa (Ridl.) Galet
Ampelocissus frutescens Jackes
Ampelocissus galeottiana Planch.
Ampelocissus gardineri (Bailey) Jackes
Ampelocissus gourmaensis A.Chev.
Ampelocissus gracilipes
Stapf
Ampelocissus gracilis Planch.
Ampelocissus hardyi (Planch.) Galet
Ampelocissus harmandi Planch.
Ampelocissus helferi Planch.
Ampelocissus heracleifolia Planch.
Ampelocissus hoabinhensis C.L.Li
Ampelocissus humulifolia Gagnep.
Ampelocissus imperialis Planch.
Ampelocissus indica Planch.
Ampelocissus iomalla Gilg & Brandt
Ampelocissus ipomeaefolia Planch.
Ampelocissus jacquemontii (R.Parker) Raizada
Ampelocissus javalensis (Seem.) W.D.Stevens & A.Pool
Ampelocissus kirkiana Planch.
Ampelocissus korthalsii Planch.
Ampelocissus latifolia
(Roxb.) Planchon
Ampelocissus lecardii Planch.
Ampelocissus leonensis Planch.
Ampelocissus leprieurii Planch.
Ampelocissus leptotricha Diels
Ampelocissus longicuspis Mildbr.
Ampelocissus lowii Planch.
Ampelocissus macrocirrha Gilg & Brandt
Ampelocissus madulidii Latiff
Ampelocissus malchairi De Wild.
Ampelocissus martini Planch.
Ampelocissus mesoamericana Lombardi
Ampelocissus motleyi Planch.
Ampelocissus muelleriana Planch. & Lauterb.
Ampelocissus multifoliola Merr.
Ampelocissus multiloba Gilg & Brandt
Ampelocissus multistriata Planch.
Ampelocissus nervosa Planch.
Ampelocissus nitida Planch.
Ampelocissus obtusata Planch.
Ampelocissus ochracea Merr.
Ampelocissus orientalis Planch.
Ampelocissus pauciflora Merr.
Ampelocissus pedicellata Merr.
Ampelocissus pentaphylla Gilg & Brandt
Ampelocissus phoenicantha Alston
Ampelocissus platanifolia Planch.
Ampelocissus poggei Gilg & Brandt
Ampelocissus polystachya Planch.
Ampelocissus polythyrsa Gagnep.
Ampelocissus pterisanthefla Merr.
Ampelocissus pulchra Gilg
Ampelocissus quercifolia Gilg & Brandt
Ampelocissus racemifera Planch.
Ampelocissus rhodesica Suess.
Ampelocissus robinsonii Planch.
Ampelocissus rubiginosa Lauterb.
Ampelocissus rubriflora Gagnep.
Ampelocissus rugosa Planch.
Ampelocissus rupicola Craib
Ampelocissus salmonea Planch.
Ampelocissus sapinii Gilg & Brandt
Ampelocissus sarcantha Gilg & Brandt
Ampelocissus sarcocephala Planch.
Ampelocissus schimperiana Planch.
Ampelocissus schliebenii Werderm.
Ampelocissus sikkimensis Planch.
Ampelocissus sphaerophylla (Baker) Suess.
Ampelocissus spicifer (Griff.) Merr.
Ampelocissus spicigera Planch.
Ampelocissus tenuis Merr.
Ampelocissus thyrsiflora Planch.
Ampelocissus tomentosa (Roth) Planch.
Ampelocissus trichoclada Quisumb. & Merr.
Ampelocissus urenifolia Planch.
Ampelocissus venenosa De Wild.
Ampelocissus verschuereni De Wild.
Ampelocissus volkensii Gilg
Ampelocissus wightiana B.V.Shetty & P.Singh
Ampelocissus winkleri
Lauterb.
Ampelocissus xizangensis
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Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
, Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
, Central America
Central America
Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...
, and Oceania
Oceania
Oceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago...
. The type species
Type species
In biological nomenclature, a type species is both a concept and a practical system which is used in the classification and nomenclature of animals and plants. The value of a "type species" lies in the fact that it makes clear what is meant by a particular genus name. A type species is the species...
, A. latifolia
Ampelocissus latifolia
Ampelocissus latifolia is a plant in the Vitoideae subfamily of the Grape family native to the Indian subcontinent ....
, was originally treated under its basionym
Basionym
Basionym is a term used in botany, regulated by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature...
, Vitis latifolia, and was collected from the Indian subcontinent
Indian subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent, also Indian Subcontinent, Indo-Pak Subcontinent or South Asian Subcontinent is a region of the Asian continent on the Indian tectonic plate from the Hindu Kush or Hindu Koh, Himalayas and including the Kuen Lun and Karakoram ranges, forming a land mass which extends...
.
Species of Ampelocissus are herbaceous
Herbaceous
A herbaceous plant is a plant that has leaves and stems that die down at the end of the growing season to the soil level. They have no persistent woody stem above ground...
or woody
Wood
Wood is a hard, fibrous tissue found in many trees. It has been used for hundreds of thousands of years for both fuel and as a construction material. It is an organic material, a natural composite of cellulose fibers embedded in a matrix of lignin which resists compression...
, hermaphroditic or polygamo-dioecious flowering plants with tendril
Tendril
In botany, a tendril is a specialized stem, leaf or petiole with a threadlike shape that is used by climbing plants for support, attachment and cellular invasion by parasitic plants, generally by twining around suitable hosts. They do not have a lamina or blade, but they can photosynthesize...
s for climbing. Fruits are grape
Grape
A grape is a non-climacteric fruit, specifically a berry, that grows on the perennial and deciduous woody vines of the genus Vitis. Grapes can be eaten raw or they can be used for making jam, juice, jelly, vinegar, wine, grape seed extracts, raisins, molasses and grape seed oil. Grapes are also...
-like berries
Berry
The botanical definition of a berry is a fleshy fruit produced from a single ovary. Grapes are an example. The berry is the most common type of fleshy fruit in which the entire ovary wall ripens into an edible pericarp. They may have one or more carpels with a thin covering and fleshy interiors....
having 1-4 seeds. Their diploid chromosomal
Chromosome
A chromosome is an organized structure of DNA and protein found in cells. It is a single piece of coiled DNA containing many genes, regulatory elements and other nucleotide sequences. Chromosomes also contain DNA-bound proteins, which serve to package the DNA and control its functions.Chromosomes...
number is 40 (2n=40).
Selected species
List selected from IPNIAmpelocissus abyssinica
Ampelocissus abyssinica
Ampelocissus abyssinica is a large climbing vine native to southeast Ethiopia, where it is known in the Afaan Oromo language by the name teru , and is used as a herbal treatment for the medical condition known as black leg...
(Hochst. ex A.Rich) Planch.
Ampelocissus acapulcensis (Kunth) Planch.
Ampelocissus acetosa
Ampelocissus acetosa
Ampelocissus acetosa is a species of vine. Common names include Wild Grape and Djabaru....
(F.Muell.) Planch.
Ampelocissus aculeata Planch.
Ampelocissus aesculifolia Gilg & Brandt
Ampelocissus africana
Ampelocissus africana
Ampelocissus africana is a woody vine, or liana of the grape family, having edible fruit...
(Lour.) Merr.
Ampelocissus alexandri Urb.
Ampelocissus amentacea Ridl.
Ampelocissus angolensis Planch.
Ampelocissus arachnoidea (Hassk.) Planch.
Ampelocissus araneosa (Dalzell) Gamble
Ampelocissus arcuata Planch.
Ampelocissus arnottiana Planch.
Ampelocissus artemisiifolia Planch.
Ampelocissus ascendiflora Latiff
Ampelocissus atacorensis A.Chev.
Ampelocissus bakeri Planch.
Ampelocissus banaensis Gagnep.
Ampelocissus barbata Planch.
Ampelocissus birii P.Singh & B.V.Shetty
Ampelocissus bombycina Planch.
Ampelocissus borneensis Merr.
Ampelocissus botryostachys Planch.
Ampelocissus brunneo-rubra Gilg
Ampelocissus butoensis C.L.Li
Ampelocissus calophylla Gilg ex De Wild.
Ampelocissus capillaris Merr.
Ampelocissus cardiospermoides Planch.
Ampelocissus cavicaulis Planch.
Ampelocissus celebica Suess.
Ampelocissus changensis Craib
Ampelocissus chantinii Planch.
Ampelocissus cinnamochroa Planch.
Ampelocissus cinnamomea Planch.
Ampelocissus complanata Latiff
Ampelocissus compositifolia Planch.
Ampelocissus concinna
Ampelocissus concinna
Ampelocissus concinna is a climbing vine or liana in the Grape family native to Angola....
(Baker) Planch.
Ampelocissus costaricensis Lundell
Ampelocissus cussoniifolia Planch.
Ampelocissus debilis Ridl.
Ampelocissus dekindtiana Gilg
Ampelocissus dichothrix (Miq.) Suess.
Ampelocissus dichrothrix (Miq.) Suess. & Suess.
Ampelocissus dissecta Planch.
Ampelocissus divaricata Planch.
Ampelocissus dolichobotrys Quisumb. & Merr.
Ampelocissus edulis Gilg & Brandt
Ampelocissus elegans Gagnep.
Ampelocissus elephantina Planch.
Ampelocissus elisabethvilleana De Wild.
Ampelocissus erdvendbergiana Planch.
Ampelocissus erdwendbergii Planch.
Ampelocissus erioclada (Wight & Arn.) Planch.
Ampelocissus filipes Planch.
Ampelocissus floccosa (Ridl.) Galet
Ampelocissus frutescens Jackes
Ampelocissus galeottiana Planch.
Ampelocissus gardineri (Bailey) Jackes
Ampelocissus gourmaensis A.Chev.
Ampelocissus gracilipes
Ampelocissus gracilipes
Ampelocissus gracilipes, also known as Abourbee , is a climbing vine or liana in the Grape family of tropical western Africa , in densely vegative, forested areas....
Stapf
Ampelocissus gracilis Planch.
Ampelocissus hardyi (Planch.) Galet
Ampelocissus harmandi Planch.
Ampelocissus helferi Planch.
Ampelocissus heracleifolia Planch.
Ampelocissus hoabinhensis C.L.Li
Ampelocissus humulifolia Gagnep.
Ampelocissus imperialis Planch.
Ampelocissus indica Planch.
Ampelocissus iomalla Gilg & Brandt
Ampelocissus ipomeaefolia Planch.
Ampelocissus jacquemontii (R.Parker) Raizada
Ampelocissus javalensis (Seem.) W.D.Stevens & A.Pool
Ampelocissus kirkiana Planch.
Ampelocissus korthalsii Planch.
Ampelocissus latifolia
Ampelocissus latifolia
Ampelocissus latifolia is a plant in the Vitoideae subfamily of the Grape family native to the Indian subcontinent ....
(Roxb.) Planchon
Ampelocissus lecardii Planch.
Ampelocissus leonensis Planch.
Ampelocissus leprieurii Planch.
Ampelocissus leptotricha Diels
Ampelocissus longicuspis Mildbr.
Ampelocissus lowii Planch.
Ampelocissus macrocirrha Gilg & Brandt
Ampelocissus madulidii Latiff
Ampelocissus malchairi De Wild.
Ampelocissus martini Planch.
Ampelocissus mesoamericana Lombardi
Ampelocissus motleyi Planch.
Ampelocissus muelleriana Planch. & Lauterb.
Ampelocissus multifoliola Merr.
Ampelocissus multiloba Gilg & Brandt
Ampelocissus multistriata Planch.
Ampelocissus nervosa Planch.
Ampelocissus nitida Planch.
Ampelocissus obtusata Planch.
Ampelocissus ochracea Merr.
Ampelocissus orientalis Planch.
Ampelocissus pauciflora Merr.
Ampelocissus pedicellata Merr.
Ampelocissus pentaphylla Gilg & Brandt
Ampelocissus phoenicantha Alston
Ampelocissus platanifolia Planch.
Ampelocissus poggei Gilg & Brandt
Ampelocissus polystachya Planch.
Ampelocissus polythyrsa Gagnep.
Ampelocissus pterisanthefla Merr.
Ampelocissus pulchra Gilg
Ampelocissus quercifolia Gilg & Brandt
Ampelocissus racemifera Planch.
Ampelocissus rhodesica Suess.
Ampelocissus robinsonii Planch.
Ampelocissus rubiginosa Lauterb.
Ampelocissus rubriflora Gagnep.
Ampelocissus rugosa Planch.
Ampelocissus rupicola Craib
Ampelocissus salmonea Planch.
Ampelocissus sapinii Gilg & Brandt
Ampelocissus sarcantha Gilg & Brandt
Ampelocissus sarcocephala Planch.
Ampelocissus schimperiana Planch.
Ampelocissus schliebenii Werderm.
Ampelocissus sikkimensis Planch.
Ampelocissus sphaerophylla (Baker) Suess.
Ampelocissus spicifer (Griff.) Merr.
Ampelocissus spicigera Planch.
Ampelocissus tenuis Merr.
Ampelocissus thyrsiflora Planch.
Ampelocissus tomentosa (Roth) Planch.
Ampelocissus trichoclada Quisumb. & Merr.
Ampelocissus urenifolia Planch.
Ampelocissus venenosa De Wild.
Ampelocissus verschuereni De Wild.
Ampelocissus volkensii Gilg
Ampelocissus wightiana B.V.Shetty & P.Singh
Ampelocissus winkleri
Ampelocissus winkleri
Ampelocissus winkleri is a woody climbing vine, or liana in the grape family Vitaceae native to the island of Borneo. It was described botanically in 1910.- External links : from theLaboratory of Biodiversity at Kagoshima University...
Lauterb.
Ampelocissus xizangensis
Ampelocissus xizangensis
Ampelocissus xizangensis is a deciduous vine in the Vitaceae family, native to shrublands in the high valleys of the Tibet Autonomous Region and Nepal, at elevations about 2000 m high....
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