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VITACEAE GRAPE FAMILY

Eric B. Wada & M. Andrew Walker, except as noted


Woody vine [ shrub]; tendrils opposite leaves.
Stem: generally lenticelled.
Leaf: alternate, simple or compound, petioled, deciduous; stipules generally deciduous.
Inflorescence: cyme, panicle, generally opposite leaf, peduncled.
Flower: generally bisexual, radial; sepals generally reduced, generally fused, lobes 0 or 5; petals generally 5, free, reflexed, falling individually, or adherent at tips, ± erect, falling as unit, ± red or ± yellow; stamens generally 5, opposite petals; nectaries 0 or between stamens as ± free glands; ovary 1, superior, chambers generally 2(4), style 1 or 0, stigma inconspicuous or head-like.
Fruit: berry.
Seed: 1–6.
15 genera, ± 800 species: especially warm regions; some cultivated (Cissus, grape ivy; Parthenocissus, Virginia creeper; Vitis, grape). [Chen & Manchester 2007 Amer J Bot 94:1534–1553] —Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.
Unabridged references: [Chen, I., & Manchester, S. R. 2007. Seed morphology of modern and fossil Ampelocissus (Vitaceae) and implications for phytogeography. Amer J Bot 94:1534–1553; Moore 1991 Sida 14:339–367; Soejima, A., & Wen, J. 2006. Phylogenetic analysis of the grape family (Vitaceae) based on three chloroplast markers. Amer J Bot 93:278–287.]

Key to Vitaceae

1. Lvs palmately compound ..... PARTHENOCISSUS

1' Lvs simple

2. Lvs not lobed ..... [CISSUS]

2' Lvs palmately lobed ..... VITIS

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