Ampelopsis

Ampelopsis
Ampelopsis glandulosa var. brevipedunculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Vitales
Family:	Vitaceae
Genus:	Ampelopsis Michx.
Species
See text.

Ampelopsis is a genus of climbing shrubs, in the grape family Vitaceae. The name is derived from the Greek word ampelos, which means "vine". The genus was named in 1803. It is disjunctly distributed in eastern Asia and eastern North America extending to Mexico. Ampelopsis is primarily found in mountainous regions in temperate zones with some species in montane forests at mid-altitudes in subtropical to tropical regions.^[1] Ampelopsis glandulosa is a popular garden plant and an invasive weed.

Species

• Ampelopsis aconitifolia Bunge – Monkshood Vine^[2]
• Ampelopsis arborea (L.) Koehne – Peppervine^[3]
• Ampelopsis bodinieri (H.Lev & Vaniot) Rehder^[4]
• Ampelopsis cantoniensis (Hook. & Arn.) K.Koch^[5]
• Ampelopsis chaffanjonii (H.Lev & Vaniot) Rehder^[6]
• Ampelopsis cordata Michx. – False Grape, Raccoon-grape, Heart-leaf Peppervine or Heart-leaf Ampelopsis^[7]
• Ampelopsis delavayana Planch.^[8]
• Ampelopsis denudata Planch.^[9]
• Ampelopsis glandulosa (Wall.) Momiy.^[10]
• Ampelopsis grossedentata (Hand.-Mazz.) W.T.Wang
• Ampelopsis humulifolia Bunge^[11]
• Ampelopsis japonica (Thunb.) Makino – Japanese Peppervine^[12]
• Ampelopsis megalophylla Diels & Gilg – Spikenard Ampelopsis^[13]
• Ampelopsis orientalis (Lam.) Planch.^[14]
• Ampelopsis vitifolia Planch.^[15]

Ecology

Ampelopsis species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including Bucculatrix quinquenotella.

Fossil record

The fossil species Ampelopsis malvaeformis was rather common in northern Italy in the early and middle Pliocene but seems to disappear at the middle and late Pliocene boundary.^[16]

Sources

1. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, Edited by K. Kubitzki in collaboration with C. Bayer and P.F. Stevens, Volume IX, Flowering Plants Eudicots, Springer Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007, ISBN 3-540-32214-0
2. "Ampelopsis aconitifolia". USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, GRIN. August 22, 2006. Retrieved August 12, 2009.
3. "Ampelopsis arborea". USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, GRIN. August 23, 1994. Retrieved August 12, 2009.
4. "Ampelopsis bodinieri". USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, GRIN. August 25, 2008. Retrieved August 12, 2009.
5. "Ampelopsis cantoniensis". USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, GRIN. October 14, 2008. Retrieved August 12, 2009.
6. "Ampelopsis chaffanjonii". USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, GRIN. August 25, 2008. Retrieved August 12, 2009.
7. "Ampelopsis cordata". USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, GRIN. May 22, 1997. Retrieved August 12, 2009.
8. "Ampelopsis delavayana". USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, GRIN. September 28, 2006. Retrieved August 12, 2009.
9. "Ampelopsis denudata". USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, GRIN. June 17, 2008. Retrieved August 12, 2009.
10. "Ampelopsis glandulosa". USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, GRIN. August 25, 2008. Retrieved August 12, 2009.
11. "Ampelopsis humulifolia". USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, GRIN. August 25, 2008. Retrieved August 12, 2009.
12. "Ampelopsis japonica". USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, GRIN. August 25, 2008. Retrieved August 12, 2009.
13. "Ampelopsis megalophylla". USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, GRIN. August 22, 2006. Retrieved August 12, 2009.
14. "Ampelopsis orientalis". USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, GRIN. October 19, 1999. Retrieved August 12, 2009.
15. "Ampelopsis vitifolia". USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, GRIN. October 29, 2007. Retrieved August 12, 2009.
16. The role of central Italy as a centre of refuge for thermophilous plants in the late Cenozoic, Edoardo Martinetto, Acta Palaeobotan. 41(2): 299-319, 2001

External links

Data related to Ampelopsis at Wikispecies