Ampelopsis
Genus of shrubs
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Species
Plants of the World Online currently includes:
- 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
- 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 is now Nekemias arborea
- Ampelopsis cantoniensis (Hook. & Arn.) K.Koch
- Ampelopsis grossedentata (Hand.-Mazz.) W.T.Wang
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Ecology
Ampelopsis species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including Bucculatrix quinquenotella and Sphecodina abbottii. Dihydromyricetin, which is an effective ingredient in supplements and other tonics, is extracted from the ampelopsin tree.
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. 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.
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