Ampelocissus

Ampelocissus is a genus of Vitaceae having 90 or more species found variously in tropical Africa, Asia, Central America, and Oceania.[3] The type species, A. latifolia, was originally treated under its basionym, Vitis latifolia, and was collected from the Indian subcontinent.[1][4][5]

Ampelocissus
Ampelocissus latifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Vitales
Family: Vitaceae
Subfamily: Vitoideae
Genus: Ampelocissus
Planch.[1]
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Botria Lour.[2]

Species of Ampelocissus are herbaceous or woody, hermaphroditic or polygamo-dioecious flowering plants with tendrils for climbing. Fruits are grape-like berries having 1-4 seeds. Their diploid chromosomal number is 40 (2n=40).[3]

Selected species

With the exception of A. asekii,[6] the following list is based according to The Plant List (as of July 2015), although not all species with full confidence:[7]

  • A. abyssinica  (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Planch.
  • A. acapulcensis  (Kunth) Planch.
  • A. acetosa  (F.Muell.) Planch.
  • A. aculeata  (Span.) Planch.
  • A. africana  (Lour.) Merr.
  • A. amentacea  Ridl.
  • A. angolensis  (Baker) Planch.
  • A. arachnoidea  (Hausskn.) Planch.
  • A. araneosa  (Dalzell) Gamble
  • A. artemisiifolia  Planch.
  • A. ascendiflora  Latiff
  • A. asekii  J.Wen, Kiapranis & Lovave
  • A. banaensis  Gagnep.
  • A. barbata  (Wall.) Planch.
  • A. birii  P.Singh & B.V.Shetty
  • A. bombycina  (Baker) Planch.
  • A. borneensis  Merr.
  • A. botryostachys  Planch.
  • A. butoensis  C.L.Li
  • A. capillaris  (Ridl.) Merr.
  • A. cardiospermoides  Planch.
  • A. celebica  Suess.
  • A. chaffanjonii  (H.Lév.) Rehder
  • A. changensis  Craib
  • A. cinnamomea  (Wall. ex M.A.Lawson) Planch.
  • A. complanata  Latiff
  • A. compositifolia  (M.A.Lawson) Planch.
  • A. concinna  (Baker) Planch.
  • A. costaricensis  Lundell
  • A. debilis  Ridl.
  • A. dekindtiana  Gilg
  • A. dichothrix  (Miq.) Suess.
  • A. dissecta  (Baker) Planch.
  • A. divaricata  (Wall. ex M.A.Lawson) Planch.
  • A. dolichobotrys  Quisumb. & Merr.
  • A. edulis  (De Wild.) Gilg & M.Brandt
  • A. elegans  Gagnep.
  • A. elephantina  Planch.
  • A. erdvendbergiana  Planch.
  • A. erdwendbergiana  Planch.
  • A. erdwendbergii  Planch.
  • A. filipes  Planch.
  • A. floccosa  (Ridl.) Galet
  • A. frutescens  Jackes
  • A. gardineri  (L.H.Bailey) Jackes
  • A. gracilipes  Stapf
  • A. gracilis  (Wall.) Planch.
  • A. harmandii  Planch.
  • A. helferi  (M.A.Lawson) Planch.
  • A. hoabinhensis  C.L.Li
  • A. humulifolia  Gagnep.
  • A. imperialis  (Miq.) Planch.
  • A. indica  (L.) Planch.
  • A. iomalla  Gilg & M.Brandt
  • A. javalensis  (Seem.) W.D.Stevens & A.Pool
  • A. korthalsii  Planch.
  • A. latifolia  (Roxb.) Planch.
  • A. leonensis  (Hook.f.) Planch.
  • A. leptotricha  Diels
  • A. lowii  (Hook.f.) Planch.
  • A. macrocirrha  Gilg & M.Brandt
  • A. madulidii  Latiff
  • A. martini  Planch.
  • A. mesoamericana  Lombardi
  • A. mottleyi  (Hook.f.) Planch.
  • A. muelleriana  Planch.
  • A. multifoliola  Merr.
  • A. multiloba  Gilg & M.Brandt
  • A. multistriata  (Baker) Planch.
  • A. nitida  (M.A.Lawson) Planch.
  • A. obtusata  (Welw. ex Baker) Planch.
  • A. ochracea  (Merr.) Merr.
  • A. pauciflora  Merr.
  • A. pedicellata  Merr.
  • A. phoenicantha  Alston
  • A. poggei  Gilg & M.Brandt
  • A. polystachya  (Wall. ex M.A.Lawson) Planch.
  • A. polythyrsa  (Miq.) Gagnep.
  • A. pterisanthella  (Ridl.) Merr.
  • A. racemifera  (B.R.Jack.) Planch.
  • A. robinsonii  Planch.
  • A. rubiginosa  Lauterb.
  • A. rubriflora  Gagnep.
  • A. rugosa  (Wall.) Planch.
  • A. rupicola  Craib
  • A. sapinii  (De Wild.) Gilg & M.Brandt
  • A. sarcocephala  Planch.
  • A. schimperiana  (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Planch.
  • A. sikkimensis  (M.A.Lawson) Planch.
  • A. spicifer  (Griff.) Planch.
  • A. tenuis  Merr.
  • A. thyrsiflora  (Blume) Planch.
  • A. tomentosa  (B.Heyne & Roth) Planch.
  • A. trichoclada  Quisumb. & Merr.
  • A. verschuerenii  De Wild.
  • A. wightiana  B.V.Shetty & P.Singh
  • A. winkleri  Lauterb.
  • A. xizangensis  C.L.Li
  • Branch with grape bounches
  • Inflorescence
  • Underside of leaves
  • A young plant
  • Ripe fruit
  • Seeds

References
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  3. "Ampelocissus". Flora of China. Retrieved August 14, 2009.
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  6. This article incorporates text from a scholarly publication published under a copyright license that allows anyone to reuse, revise, remix and redistribute the materials in any form for any purpose: Wen, J.; Kiapranis, R.; Lovave, M. (2013). "Ampelocissus asekii J. Wen, R. Kiapranis & M. Lovave, a new species of Vitaceae from Papua New Guinea". PhytoKeys. 21 (21): 1–6. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.21.4512. PMC 3689114. PMID 23794931. Please check the source for the exact licensing terms.
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