Ampelocissus
{{Short description|Genus of vines}}
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|taxon = Ampelocissus
|authority = Planch.{{cite web |url=http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40012330 |title=Name - !Ampelocissus Planch. |work=Tropicos |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden |location=Saint Louis, Missouri |access-date=November 16, 2009 |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415195231/https://tropicos.org/Name/40012330 |url-status=live }}
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|subdivision = {{center|See text.}}
|synonyms = {{center|Botria Lour.{{cite web |url=http://www.tropicos.org/NameSynonyms.aspx?nameid=40012330 |title=Name - !Ampelocissus Planch. synonyms |work=Tropicos |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden |location=Saint Louis, Missouri |access-date=March 16, 2009 |archive-date=December 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207094912/https://www.tropicos.org/NameSynonyms.aspx?nameid=40012330 |url-status=live }}}}
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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.{{cite web |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=101412 |title=Ampelocissus |work=Flora of China |access-date=August 14, 2009 |archive-date=February 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202203123/http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=101412 |url-status=live }} The type species, A. latifolia, was originally treated under its basionym, Vitis latifolia, and was collected from the Indian subcontinent.{{ cite journal |title=Seed morphology of modern and fossil Ampelocissus (Vitaceae) and implications for phytogeography |author1=Chen, I |author2=Manchester, S.R. |journal=American Journal of Botany |date=September 2007 |volume=94 |number=9 |pages=1534–1553 |doi=10.3732/ajb.94.9.1534 |pmid=21636520|doi-access=free }}{{GRIN | Ampelocissus latifolia | 2956 | accessdate = November 15, 2009}}
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).
Species
Plants of the World Online currently includes:{{Cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331338-2 |title=Plants of the World Online: Ampelocissus Planch. (retrieved 24 December 2021) |access-date=25 December 2024 |archive-date=8 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241208013629/https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331338-2 |url-status=live }}
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- Ampelocissus abyssinica (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Planch.
- Ampelocissus acapulcensis (Kunth) Planch.
- Ampelocissus acetosa (F.Muell.) Planch.
- Ampelocissus aculeata (Span.) Planch.
- Ampelocissus africana (Lour.) Merr.
- Ampelocissus amentacea Ridl.
- Ampelocissus angolensis (Baker) Planch.
- Ampelocissus arachnoidea (Hassk.) Planch.
- Ampelocissus araneosa (Dalzell) Gamble
- Ampelocissus artemisiifolia Planch.
- Ampelocissus ascendiflora Latiff
- Ampelocissus asekii J.Wen, Kiapranis & Lovave{{OA-attribution| {{Cite journal | last1 = Wen | first1 = J. | last2 = Kiapranis | first2 = R. | last3 = Lovave | first3 = M. | title = Ampelocissus asekii J. Wen, R. Kiapranis & M. Lovave, a new species of Vitaceae from Papua New Guinea | doi = 10.3897/phytokeys.21.4512 | journal = PhytoKeys | issue = 21 | pages = 1–6 | year = 2013 | pmid = 23794931| pmc =3689114 | doi-access = free }} }}
- Ampelocissus banaensis Gagnep.
- Ampelocissus barbata (Wall.) Planch.
- Ampelocissus birii P.Singh & B.V.Shetty
- Ampelocissus bombycina (Baker) Planch.
- Ampelocissus borneensis Merr.
- Ampelocissus botryostachys Planch.
- Ampelocissus butoensis C.L.Li
- Ampelocissus capillaris (Ridl.) Merr.
- Ampelocissus cardiospermoides Planch.
- Ampelocissus celebica Suess.
- Ampelocissus chaffanjonii (H.Lév.) Rehder
- Ampelocissus changensis Craib
- Ampelocissus cinnamomea (Wall.) Planch.
- Ampelocissus complanata Latiff
- Ampelocissus concinna (Baker) Planch.
- Ampelocissus debilis Ridl.
- Ampelocissus dekindtiana Gilg
- Ampelocissus dichrothrix (Miq.) Suess.
- Ampelocissus dissecta (Baker) Planch.
- Ampelocissus divaricata (Wall. ex M.A.Lawson) Planch.
- Ampelocissus dolichobotrys Quisumb. & Merr.
- Ampelocissus edulis (De Wild.) Gilg & M.Brandt
- Ampelocissus elegans Gagnep.
- Ampelocissus elephantina Planch.
- Ampelocissus erdvendbergiana Planch.
- Ampelocissus filipes Planch.
- Ampelocissus floccosa (Ridl.) Galet
- Ampelocissus frutescens Jackes
- Ampelocissus gardineri (F.M.Bailey) Jackes
- Ampelocissus gracilipes Stapf
- Ampelocissus gracilis (Wall.) Planch.
- Ampelocissus harmandii Planch.
- Ampelocissus helferi (M.A.Lawson) Planch.
- Ampelocissus hoabinhensis C.L.Li
- Ampelocissus humulifolia Gagnep.
- Ampelocissus imperialis (Miq.) Planch.
- Ampelocissus indica (L.) Planch.
- Ampelocissus iomalla Gilg & M.Brandt
- Ampelocissus javalensis (Seem.) W.D.Stevens & A.Pool
- Ampelocissus korthalsii Planch.
- Ampelocissus latifolia (Roxb.) Planch.
- Ampelocissus leonensis (Hook.f.) Planch.
- Ampelocissus leptotricha Diels
- Ampelocissus lowii (Hook.f.) Planch.
- Ampelocissus macrocirrha Gilg & M.Brandt
- Ampelocissus madulidii Latiff
- Ampelocissus martini Planch.
- Ampelocissus mesoamericana Lombardi
- Ampelocissus mottleyi (Hook.f.) Planch.
- Ampelocissus muelleriana Planch.
- Ampelocissus multifoliola Merr.
- Ampelocissus multiloba Gilg & M.Brandt
- Ampelocissus multistriata (Baker) Planch.
- Ampelocissus nitida (M.A.Lawson) Planch.
- Ampelocissus obtusata (Welw. ex Baker) Planch.
- Ampelocissus ochracea (Teijsm. & Binn.) Merr.
- Ampelocissus pauciflora Merr.
- Ampelocissus pedicellata Merr.
- Ampelocissus phoenicantha Alston
- Ampelocissus poggei Gilg & M.Brandt
- Ampelocissus polystachya (Wall. ex M.A.Lawson) Planch.
- Ampelocissus polythyrsa (Miq.) Gagnep.
- Ampelocissus pterisanthella (Ridl.) Merr.
- Ampelocissus racemifera (Jack) Planch.
- Ampelocissus robinsonii Planch.
- Ampelocissus rubiginosa Lauterb.
- Ampelocissus rubriflora Gagnep.
- Ampelocissus rugosa (Wall.) Planch.
- Ampelocissus sapinii (De Wild.) Gilg & M.Brandt
- Ampelocissus sarcocephala (Schweinf. ex Oliv.) Planch.
- Ampelocissus schimperiana (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Planch.
- Ampelocissus sikkimensis (M.A.Lawson) Planch.
- Ampelocissus spicifer (Griff.) Planch.
- Ampelocissus tenuis Merr.
- Ampelocissus thyrsiflora (Blume) Planch.
- Ampelocissus tomentosa (Roth) Planch.
- Ampelocissus trichoclada Quisumb. & Merr.
- Ampelocissus verschuerenii De Wild.
- Ampelocissus wightiana B.V.Shetty & Par.Singh
- Ampelocissus winkleri Lauterb.
- Ampelocissus xizangensis C.L.Li
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Gallery
Ampelocissus latifolia 0112.jpg|Branch with grape bounches
Ampelocissus indica (L.) Planch. 1.JPG|Inflorescence
Ampelocissus indica (L.) Planch. 4.JPG|Underside of leaves
Ampelocissus sp 1456.jpg|A young plant
Ampelocissus latifolia Ripe Fruit-വള്ളിമാങ്ങ.jpg|Ripe fruit
Ampelocissus martinii seeds, by Omar Hoftun.jpg|Seeds
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