Vitis bryoniifolia

Vitis bryoniifolia is a prolific and adaptable, polygamo-dioecious species of climbing vine in the grape family native to China, where it is known as ying yu,[1] or hua bei pu tao (North China grape). The variant form ternata is known as san chu ying yu, meaning three-foliolate, or -leaflet ying yu. Ying yu translates to mean "hard jade".

North China grape
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Vitales
Family: Vitaceae
Genus: Vitis
Species:
V. bryoniifolia
Binomial name
Vitis bryoniifolia
Bunge[1]
Varieties

V. b. var. bryoniifolia (autonym)[2]
V. b. var. ternata (W.T.Wang) C.L.Li[3]

Synonyms

Synonyms for V. b. var. bryoniifolia;

  • Vitis adstricta Hance[4]
  • V. bryoniifolia var. mairei (H.Lév.) W.T.Wang[5]
  • V. bryoniifolia var. multilobata S.Y.Wang & Y.H.Hu[6]
  • V. flexuosa var. mairei H.Lév.[7]
  • V. novisinensis Vassilcz.[8]
  • V. thunbergii var. adstricta (Hance) Gagnep.[9]
  • V. thunbergii var. mairei (H.Lév.) Lauener[10]

Synon. for V. b. var. ternata;

  • V. adstricta var. ternata W.T.Wang[3]

V. bryoniifolia is found in a wide variety of tree-established habitats including forests and shrublands, or fields and valleys where trees are present, especially along the banks of streams; and can be found both in highlands and low- (100–2500 meters above sea-level). It has a long growing season, flowering from April to August, and bearing its fruit (rosy, plum-colored berries, 5–8 mm. in diameter) from June to October; and also a broad distributional range, being reported from 15 of China's 27 provinces and autonomous regions (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hebei, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and Zhejiang).[1]

References
  1.  A formal description of this species was first published in Enum. Pl. China Bor. 11. 1833. "Vitis bryoniifolia". Flora of China. eFloras. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
  2.  Being the type from which any additional varieties are based, the description of V. b. var. bryoniifolia is the same as that of V. bryoniifolia."Vitis bryoniifolia var. bryoniifolia". Flora of China. eFloras. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  3.  V. b. var. ficifolioides was published in Chin. J. Appl. Environ. Biol. 2: 253. 1996.;
    V. adstricta var. ternata was published in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 17(3): 76. 1979. "Vitis bryoniifolia var. ternata (W.T.Wang) C.L.Li". Flora of China. eFloras. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
  4.  V. adstricta was published in Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 20(237): 258-259. 1882."Name - Vitis adstricta Hance". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  5.  V. bryoniifolia var. mairei was published in Guihaia 8(2): 112. 1988. "Name - Vitis bryoniifolia var. mairei (H.Lév.) W.T.Wang". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  6.  V. bryoniifolia var. multilobata was published in Flora Hainanica 2: 597. 1988. "Name - Vitis bryoniifolia var. multilobata S.Y.Wang & Y.H.Hu". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  7.  V. flexuosa var. mairei was published in Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 7(152-156): 340. 1909. "Name - Vitis flexuosa var. mairei H.Lév". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  8.  V. novisinensis was published in Botanicheskie Materialy Gerbariia Botanicheskogo Instituta imeni V. L. Komarova Akademii Nauk SSSR 18: 167, f. 1. 1957. "Name - Vitis novisinensis Vassilcz". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  9.  V. thunbergii var. adstricta was published in Plantae Wilsonianae 1(1): 105. 1911. "Name - Vitis thunbergii var. adstricta (Hance) Gagnep". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  10.  V. thunbergii var. mairei was published in Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 27(3): 286. 1967. "Name - Vitis thunbergii var. mairei (H.Lév.) Lauener". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved May 25, 2010.

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