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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 Vitis
Stem: bark peeling; stem center brown, partitioned at nodes; tendril tips without adhering disks.
Leaf: simple, crenate to serrate.
Inflorescence: panicle of often head- or umbel-like clusters.
Flower: unisexual or bisexual; calyx ± green, lobes 0 or short; petals adherent at tips, ± yellow; stamens 3–9 mm, generally erect, in pistillate flowers reflexed and sterile or 0; nectaries ± free glands.
Fruit: 4–20 mm wide, spheric to ovoid, glaucous or not.
Seed: 1–4, obovoid.
65 species: temperate, subtrop. (Latin: vine) Vitis californica, Vitis girdiana differ in nuclear rDNA sequences.
Unabridged references: [Olmo & Koyama 1980 Proc 3rd Intl Symp Grape Breeding 33–41]
Stem: hairy, generally glabrous in age; nodal partitions generally 3–5 mm thick.
Leaf: cordate to reniform, generally serrate, glabrous or hairy, lobes 0 or 3–5, deep; stipules generally < 3.5 mm.
Flower: bisexual.
Fruit: generally > 8 mm wide, spheric to ovoid, purple to blue-black, densely to not glaucous; skin adherent to pulp.
Seed: round structure opposite attachment scar sunken or raised.
2n=38,57,76. Abandoned fields, roadsides; < 1000 m. Great Central Valley, Central Western California;
Previous taxon: Vitis rupestris
Next taxon: Zygophyllaceae
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) [year] Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/IJM.html [accessed on month, day, year]
Citation for an individual treatment: [Author of taxon treatment] [year]. [Taxon name] in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, [URL for treatment]. Accessed on [month, day, year].
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