Nekemias

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: Nekemias
Species: N. arborea – N. cantoniensis – N. celebica – N. chaffanjonii – N. gongshanensis – N. grossedentata – N. hypoglauca – N. megalophylla – N. rubifolia
Name

Nekemias Raf., Sylva Tellur. 87. (1838) emend. Wen, Boggan & Nie, {2014}

Type species: Nekemias arborea (L.) J.Wen & Boggan, PhytoKeys 42: 13 (2014) orginally designated as synonym Nekemias bipinnata (Michx.) Raf. (1838)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Ampelopsis sect. Leeaceifoliae Galet (1967) (Wen et al., 2007).

References

Rafinesque, C.S. 1838. Sylva Telluriana 87.
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.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Nekemias 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. 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Nekemias. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 10 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Nekemias. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct. 10.
Wen, J., Nie, Z.L., Soejima, A. & Meng, Y. 2007. Phylogeny of Vitaceae based on the nuclear GAI1 gene sequences. Canadian Journal of Botany 85(8): 731-745. DOI: 10.1139/B07-071 ResearchGate Reference page.

Nekemias is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Vitaceae.[1]

Its native range is Assam to Temperate Eastern Asia and Western and Central Malesia, Central and Eastern USA.[1]
Species

Species:[1]

Nekemias arborea (L.) J.Wen & Boggan
Nekemias cantoniensis (Hook. & Arn.) J.Wen & Z.L.Nie
Nekemias celebica (Suess.) J.Wen & Boggan
Nekemias chaffanjonii (H.Lév. & Vaniot) J.Wen & Z.L.Nie
Nekemias gongshanensis (C.L.Li) J.Wen & Z.L.Nie
Nekemias grossedentata (Hand.-Mazz.) J.Wen & Z.L.Nie
Nekemias hypoglauca (Hance) J.Wen & Z.L.Nie
Nekemias megalophylla (Diels & Gilg) J.Wen & Z.L.Nie
Nekemias rubifolia (Wall.) J.Wen & Z.L.Nie

References

"Nekemias Raf. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 May 2021.