Vitis sinocinerea

{{Short description|Species of grapevine}}

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|image = V. sinocinerea.jpg

|image_caption = Lobular grape observed in Fujian Province

|genus = Vitis

|species = sinocinerea

|authority = W.T.Wang As Vitis sinocinerea; described in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 17(3): 75. 1979. {{cite web

|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242354960 |title=Vitis sinocinerea |work=Flora of China |publisher=eFloras |access-date=May 10, 2010}}

|synonyms = V. thunbergii var. cinerea Gagnep.

V. thunbergii var. taiwaniana F.Y.Lu

|synonyms_ref =  Treated as V. thunbergii var. cinerea, Vitis sinocinerea was first described in Plantae Wilsonianae 1(1): 105. 1911. {{ cite web |url=http://www.tropicos.org/Name/34002523 |title=Name - Vitis thunbergii var. cinerea Gagnep. |work=Tropicos |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden |location=Saint Louis, Missouri |access-date=May 11, 2010}} Treated as V. thunbergii var. taiwaniana; described in Flora of Taiwan 3: 679, pl. 773. 1977. {{ cite web |url=http://www.tropicos.org/Name/34001633 |title=Name - Vitis thunbergii var. taiwaniana F.Y.Lu |work=Tropicos |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden |location=Saint Louis, Missouri |access-date=May 11, 2010}}

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Vitis sinocinerea, commonly known as the lobular grape or small-leaved grape, is a species of climbing vine in the grape family ranging widely over much of the Chinese mainland (Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangx, Yunnan, Zhejiang) as well as Taiwan. In Chinese

it is known as xiao ye pu tao, which can be translated as small-leaved grape.Page ([http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242354960 Vitis sinocinerea at eFloras]) read through Skweezer translate (Chinese to English) Its natural habitat is within forested or shrubby hills (200–2800 m. elev.).

Vitis sinocinerea flowers in May and June, bearing fruit from July to October. It has calyptrate flower petals and the pistils are non-functional in male flowers. Its berries are usually 6–0 mm. in diameter, and darkly purple to black.

A holotype specimen was first collected of this species by E. H. Wilson from Xingshan Xian, in Hubei province, China in June 1907, who said it was 'climbing or prostrate over rocks, 600–1200 m.' Its characteristics were later (1911) described by François Gagnepain, and given the name of cinerea, a variety of V. thunbergii.