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.[4] Its natural habitat is within forested or shrubby hills (200–2800 m. elev.).[1]
| Lobular grape | |
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| Lobular grape observed in Fujian Province | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Vitales |
| Family: | Vitaceae |
| Genus: | Vitis |
| Species: | V. sinocinerea
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| Binomial name | |
| Vitis sinocinerea | |
| Synonyms | |
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V. thunbergii var. cinerea Gagnep. | |
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.[1]
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.[2]
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References
edit- ^ a b c d As Vitis sinocinerea; described in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 17(3): 75. 1979. "Vitis sinocinerea". Flora of China. eFloras. Retrieved May 10, 2010.
- ^ a b Treated as V. thunbergii var. cinerea, Vitis sinocinerea was first described in Plantae Wilsonianae 1(1): 105. 1911. "Name - Vitis thunbergii var. cinerea Gagnep". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- ^ Treated as V. thunbergii var. taiwaniana; described in Flora of Taiwan 3: 679, pl. 773. 1977. "Name - Vitis thunbergii var. taiwaniana F.Y.Lu". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- ^ Page (Vitis sinocinerea at eFloras) read through Skweezer translate (Chinese to English)
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