Ampelocissus latifolia

Ampelocissus latifolia is a plant in the Vitoideae subfamily of the grape family native to the Indian subcontinent (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan).[1]

Ampelocissus latifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Vitales
Family: Vitaceae
Genus: Ampelocissus
Species:
A. latifolia
Binomial name
Ampelocissus latifolia
Synonyms
Vitis latifolia Roxb.

It is the type species for the genus of Ampelocissus, and was originally treated under its basionym, Vitis latifolia, which was described scientifically in 1824.[2][3] The species was moved to Ampelocissus by Jules Émile Planchon in 1884.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Vigne Amer. Vitic. Eur. 8:374. 1884 "Ampelocissus latifolia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
  2. ^ "Vitis latifolia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
  3. ^ Chen, I; Manchester, S.R. (September 2007). "Seed morphology of modern and fossil Ampelocissus (Vitaceae) and implications for phytogeography". American Journal of Botany. 94 (9): 1534–1553. doi:10.3732/ajb.94.9.1534. PMID 21636520.
  4. ^ Jules Émile Planchon (1884), "Les vignes des tropiques du genre Ampelocissus considérées au point de vue pratique (part 1)", La Vigne Américaine et la Viticulture en Europe, 8 (12): 370–381 page 374