''Vitis sinocinerea'', commonly known as the lobular grape or small-leaved grape, is a species of
climbing vine
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in the
grape family ranging widely over much of the
Chinese mainland
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(
Fujian
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,
Hubei
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,
Hunan
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,
Jiangsu
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,
Jiangx,
Yunnan
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,
Zhejiang
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) as well as
Taiwan
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. In
Chinese
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it is known as ''xiao ye pu tao'', which can be translated as small-leaved grape.
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''Vitis sinocinerea'' at eFloras
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translate (Chinese to English) Its natural habitat is within
forest
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ed or
shrubby hills (200–2800 m. elev.).
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''Vitis sinocinerea'' flowers in May and June, bearing fruit from July to October. It has calyptrate ]flower
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petal
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s and the pistil
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s are non-functional in male flowers. Its berries
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are usually 6–0 mm. in diameter, and darkly purple to black.[
A ]holotype
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specimen was first collected of this species by E. H. Wilson
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from Xingshan Xian
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*Xingshan County
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Geography
The county occupies ...
, in Hubei province, China in June 1907, who said it was 'climbing or prostrate over rocks, 600–1200 m.' Its characteristics were later (1911) described by François Gagnepain
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With Achille Eugène Finet, he named a number of species wit ...
, and given the name of ''cinerea'', a variety of ''V. thunbergii''.[
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External links
Flora of China: ''Vitis sinocinerea''
Plants of the World Online: ''Vitis sinocinerea''
Gallery
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References
sinocinerea
Plants described in 1911
Flora of China
Flora of Taiwan
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