Ampelopsis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Ordo: Vitales

Familia: Vitaceae
Subfamilia: Vitoideae
Tribus: Ampelopsideae
Genus: Ampelopsis
Species: A. aconitifolia – A. acutidentata – A. bodinieri – A. cordata – A. delavayana – A. denudata – A. glandulosa – A. humulifolia – A. japonica – A. mollifolia – A. orientalis – A. tadshikistanica – A. tomentosa – A. vitifolia – A. wangii

Name

Ampelopsis Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 159. (1803)

Type species: Ampelopsis cordata Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 159. (1803) (emend. N. L. Britton et A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N.U.S. ed. 2. 2: 509. (1913)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Ituterion Raf.
Vitaeda Börner

References

Michaux, A. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana (Michaux) 1: 159.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Ampelopsis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct. 8. Reference page.
EOL: Ampelopsis
International Plant Names Index. Oct. 10. Ampelopsis. Published online. Accessed: {{{3}}} Oct. 10.
Wen, J., Boggan, J. & Nie, Z.-L. 2014. Synopsis of Nekemias Raf., a segregate genus from Ampelopsis Michx. (Vitaceae) disjunct between eastern/southeastern Asia and eastern North America, with ten new combinations. PhytoKeys 42: 11-19. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.42.7704 Open access Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ampelopsis Michx. in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2013-11-29.
Ampelopsis Michx. – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Ampelopsis – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

Vernacular names
English: Peppervine
suomi: Hopeaviinit
日本語: ノブドウ属

Ampelopsis, commonly known as peppervine[1] or porcelainberry,[1] is a genus of climbing shrubs, in the grape family Vitaceae. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek: ἅμπελος (ampelos), which means "vine".[2] 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.[3] Ampelopsis glandulosa is a popular garden plant and an invasive weed.

Species

Plants of the World Online currently includes:[4]

Ampelopsis aconitifolia Bunge
Ampelopsis acutidentata W.T.Wang
Ampelopsis bodinieri (H.Lév. & Vaniot) Rehder
Ampelopsis chondisensis (Vassilcz. & V.N.Vassil.) Tulyag.
Ampelopsis cordata Michx. – False grape, raccoon-grape, heart-leaf peppervine or heart-leaf ampelopsis[5]
Ampelopsis delavayana Planch. ex Franch.
Ampelopsis denudata Planch.
Ampelopsis glandulosa (Wall.) Momiy.
Ampelopsis humulifolia Bunge
Ampelopsis japonica (Thunb.) Makino – Japanese peppervine
Ampelopsis mollifolia W.T.Wang
Ampelopsis orientalis (Lam.) Planch.
Ampelopsis tadshikistanica Zaprjagaeva
Ampelopsis tomentosa Planch. ex Franch.
Ampelopsis vitifolia (Boiss.) Planch.
Ampelopsis wangii I.M.Turner

Moved to genus Nekemias

Ampelopsis arborea (L.) Koehne – Peppervine[6] is now Nekemias arborea
Ampelopsis cantoniensis (Hook. & Arn.) K.Koch[7]
Ampelopsis grossedentata (Hand.-Mazz.) W.T.Wang

Ecology

Ampelopsis species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including Bucculatrix quinquenotella and Sphecodina abbottii.
Fossil record

Fossil seeds from the early Miocene of Ampelopsis ludwigii and Ampelopsis rotundata, have been found in the Czech part of the Zittau Basin. [8] 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.[9]
References

English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 350. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ampelopsis" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 878.
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
Plants of the World Online: Ampelopsis A.Rich. ex Michx. (retrieved 26 December 2021)
"Ampelopsis cordata". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved August 12, 2009.
"Ampelopsis arborea". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved August 12, 2009.
"Ampelopsis cantoniensis". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved August 12, 2009.
Acta Palaeobotanica - 43(1): 9-49, January 2003 - Early Miocene carpological material from the Czech part of the Zittau Basin - Vasilis Teodoridis
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