Ampelopsis glandulosa

(Wallich) Momiyama

Bull. Univ. Mus. Univ. Tokyo 2: 78. 1971.

Common names: Porcelainberry
Introduced
Basionym: Vitis glandulosa Wallich in W. Roxburgh Fl. Ind. 2: 479. 1824
Synonyms: Ampelopsis brevipedunculata (Maximowicz) Trautvetter A. brevipedunculata var. citrulloides (Lebas) L. H. Bailey A. brevipedunculata var. maximowiczii (Regel) Rehder Cissus brevipedunculata Maximowicz
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 19. Mentioned on page 18.

Lianas, low to moderately high climbing. Branchlets purplish green, usually sparsely puberulent, sometimes becoming glabrate. Leaves simple; petiole ± equaling blade; blade ovate, 6–14 × 4–11 cm, usually shallowly sometimes deeply, 3 (–5) -lobed (but leaf never appearing compound), base cordate to subcordate, margins crenate-dentate to irregularly serrate, apex short acuminate, surfaces glabrous or abaxial surface puberulent. Inflorescences usually shorter than leaves. Flowers yellowish green. Berries ripening from green to white, rose, blue, or lilac, ± globose, 6–9 mm diam. 2n = 40.


Phenology: Flowering late May–Jul; fruiting Jul–Oct.
Habitat: Forest edges, pond margins, stream banks, thickets, disturbed areas.
Elevation: 0–800 m.

Distribution

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Introduced; Ark., Conn., Del., D.C., Ga., Ky., Md., Mass., Mich., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis., Asia

Discussion

The infraspecific classification of Ampelopsis glandulosa is highly controversial. Five varieties were recognized by Chen Z. D. et al. (2007). A broad concept of this taxon is followed here.

Native to eastern Asia, Ampelopsis glandulosa has become naturalized and weedy in the eastern United States. Reports from Alabama are based on plants persisting from cultivation; it does not appear to be naturalized there.

This taxon was also known as Ampelopsis heterophylla (Thunberg) Siebold & Zuccarini, which is a later homonym (not Blume 1825; see Chen Z. D. et al. 2007).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"connate" is not a number.

... more about "Ampelopsis glandulosa"
acuminate +
Michael O. Moore† +  and Jun Wen +
(Wallich) Momiyama +
adherent +
cordate;subcordate +
Vitis glandulosa +
green +  and white rose blue or lilac +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
globose +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br />) +
3(-5)-lobed +  and ovate +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (11 cm110 mm <br />0.11 m <br />) +
glabrate +  and puberulent +
undulate +  and saucer--shaped +
Porcelainberry +
leaf-opposed +
corymblike +
Ark. +, Conn. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Ga. +, Ky. +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Vt. +, Va. +, W.Va. +, Wis. +  and Asia +
0–800 m. +
yellowish green +
Forest edges, pond margins, stream banks, thickets, disturbed areas. +
pinnate +  and palmate +
crenate +  and serrate +
crenate-dentate to irregularly +
free +  and adnate +
intrastaminal +
lobed +  and cup-shaped +
anatropous +  and apotropous +
distinct +
Flowering late May–Jul +  and fruiting Jul–Oct. +
2[-3]-carpellate +
Bull. Univ. Mus. Univ. Tokyo +
Introduced +
stalked +  and multicellular +
elongate +  and cylindric +
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata +, A. brevipedunculata var. citrulloides +, A. brevipedunculata var. maximowiczii +  and Cissus brevipedunculata +
Ampelopsis glandulosa +
Ampelopsis +
species +
liana +  and climbing +