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Vitaceae

Subfamily Leeoideae

Subfamily Viticoideae

Tetrastigma voinierianum (Baltet) Pierre ex Gagnepain

  • Query IPNI
  • Common Name: Chestnut Vine, Lizard Plant
  • Family: Vitaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Laos
  • Habitat:

  • Description: Coarse, stout, rampant vine, young stems and petioles oftendensely tawny-pilose to woolly; leaflets mostly five, 4-8 inches long, usually rhombic, weakly serrate to crenate-serrate, puberulent to tomentose beneath, petioles 4-12 inches long; sepals lacking or very short.

    Bearing 'pearl bodies' on the lower leaflet and stipular surfaces which are used by visiting ant species.

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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199200473
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1992
  • Bench: 1201 - E Bench
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-06-2008
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Vitales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Vitaceae
  • SubFamily: Viticoideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:
References:

Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976

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