Overview
Taxonomy
The Subfamily Vitoideae is a member of the Family Vitaceae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Vitoideae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
The Subfamily Vitoideae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Tribe (5): Larini · Narcisseae · Rhododendreae · Salvieae · Spiraeeae
- Genus (12): Acareosperma · Ampelocissus · Ampelopsis · Cayratia · Cissus · Clematicissus · Cyphostemma · Parthenocissus · Pterocissus · Rhoicissus · Tetrastigma · Vitis
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3,735 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Subfamily Vitoideae.
Genera
Acareosperma
Ampelocissus
Ampelocissus (suan lian teng shu in Chinese) is a genus of Vitaceae having 90 or more species found variously in tropical Africa, Asia, Central America, and Oceania. The type species, A. latifolia, was originally treated under its basionym, Vitis latifolia, and was collected from the Indian subcontinent. [more]
Ampelopsis
Ampelopsis is a genus of climbing shrubs, in the grape family Vitaceae. The name is derived from the Greek word ampelos, which means "vine". The genus was named in 1803. [more]
Cayratia
The botanical genus Cayratia comprises approximately 45 species, some of which have utility value to people. [more]
Cissus
Cissus is a genus of approximately 350 species of woody climber in the grape family (Vitaceae). They have a cosmopolitan distribution, though the majority are to be found in the tropics. [more]
Clematicissus
Cyphostemma
Cyphostemma is a flowering plant genus belonging to the family Vitaceae. These species are caudiciform and used to belong to the genus Cissus. The genus name comes from Greek kyphos, meaning hump, and stemma, meaning garland. [more]
Parthenocissus
Parthenocissus (creepers) is a genus of climbing plants from the grape family, Vitaceae. It contains about 10 species, from Asia and North America. Several are grown for ornamental use. [more]
Pterocissus
Rhoicissus
Tetrastigma
Tetrastigma is a genus of plants in the grape family, Vitaceae. The plants are vines that climb with tendrils and have palmately compound leaves. The species are found in subtropical and tropical regions of Asia, Malesia, and Australia. Species of this genus are notable as being the sole hosts of parasitic plants in the family Rafflesiaceae, one of which, Rafflesia arnoldii, produces the largest flower in the world. [more]
Vitis
Vitis (grapevines) is a genus of about 60 species of vining plants in the flowering plant family Vitaceae. The genus is made up of species predominantly from the Northern hemisphere. It is economically important as the source of grapes, both for direct consumption of the fruit and for fermentation to produce wine. The study and cultivation of grapevines is called viticulture. [more]
At least 1,415 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Vitis.
More info about the Genus Vitis may be found here.
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