Vitis flexuosa
| Creeping grape | |
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| Creeping grape leaves on vines | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Vitales |
| Family: | Vitaceae |
| Genus: | Vitis |
| Species: | V. flexuosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Vitis flexuosa Thunb. [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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V. flexuosa var. parvifolia (Roxb.) Gagnep.
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Vitis flexuosa is a species of liana in the grape family.
It has a very large native range in Asian tropical and temperate climate zones.
Distribution
The vine is native to: [1]
- East Asia in Taiwan; the Koreas; the Chinese provinces of Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Zhejiang; and the Japanese prefectures of Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, and the Ryukyu Islands.
- Southeast Asia in Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.
- Malesia in the Philippines.
- Indian Subcontinent in the Indian states of Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal; Nepal; northern Pakistan.
Flexuosol A is a stilbene tetramer found in V. flexuosa.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 Species was first published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 2:332. 1794 GRIN (May 23, 2009). "Vitis flexuosa information from NPGS/GRIN". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved May 13, 2010.
- ↑ Li, W. W.; Li, B. G.; Chen, Y. Z. (1998). "Flexuosol A, a New Tetrastilbene fromVitis flexuosa". Journal of Natural Products. 61 (5): 646–647. doi:10.1021/np970457v. PMID 9599267.
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