''Ampelopsis'', commonly known as peppervine or porcelainberry, is a genus of climbing

shrub A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...

s, in the grape family

Vitaceae The Vitaceae are a family of flowering plants, with 14 genera and around 910 known species, including common plants such as grapevines (''Vitis'' spp.) and Virginia creeper (''Parthenocissus quinquefolia''). The family name is derived from the ge ...

. The name is derived from the grc, ἅμπελος (''ampelos''), which means "vine". The genus was named in 1803. It is disjunctly distributed in

eastern Asia East Asia is the eastern region of Asia, which is defined in both Geography, geographical and culture, ethno-cultural terms. The modern State (polity), states of East Asia include China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. ...

and eastern North America extending to Mexico. ''Ampelopsis'' is primarily found in mountainous regions in temperate zones with some species in montane forests at mid-altitudes in

subtropical The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical zone, geographical and Köppen climate classification, climate zones to the Northern Hemisphere, north and Southern Hemisphere, south of the tropics. Geographically part of the Geographical z ...

to tropical regions. ''

Ampelopsis glandulosa ''Ampelopsis glandulosa'' is a species of plant native to China, Japan, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Varieties Several varieties are distinguished: * var. ''hancei'' * var. ''kulingensis'' * var. ''glandulosa'' * var ...

'' is a popular garden plant and an

invasive weed An invasive species otherwise known as an alien is an introduced organism that becomes overpopulated and harms its new environment. Although most introduced species are neutral or beneficial with respect to other species, invasive species ad ...

Species

Plants of the World Online Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It was launched in March 2017 with the ultimate aim being "to enable users to access information on all the world's known seed-bearing plants by ...

'' currently includes:Plants of the World Online: ''Ampelopsis'' A.Rich. ex Michx. (retrieved 26 December 2021)
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Ampelopsis acutidentata ''Ampelopsis'', commonly known as peppervine or porcelainberry, is a genus of climbing shrubs, in the grape family Vitaceae. The name is derived from the grc, ἅμπελος (''ampelos''), which means "vine". The genus was named in 1803. It is ...

'' W.T.Wang # '' Ampelopsis bodinieri'' (H.Lév. & Vaniot) Rehder # '' Ampelopsis chondisensis'' (Vassilcz. & V.N.Vassil.) Tulyag. # ''

Ampelopsis cordata ''Ampelopsis cordata'', commonly called heartleaf peppervine, heart-leaf peppervine, or heart leaf peppervine, is a vine found in the U.S. states Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentuck ...

'' Michx. – False grape, raccoon-grape, heart-leaf peppervine or heart-leaf ampelopsis # ''

Ampelopsis delavayana ''Ampelopsis'', commonly known as peppervine or porcelainberry, is a genus of climbing shrubs, in the grape family Vitaceae. The name is derived from the grc, ἅμπελος (''ampelos''), which means "vine". The genus was named in 1803. It is ...

'' Planch. ex Franch. # ''

Ampelopsis denudata ''Ampelopsis'', commonly known as peppervine or porcelainberry, is a genus of climbing shrubs, in the grape family Vitaceae. The name is derived from the grc, ἅμπελος (''ampelos''), which means "vine". The genus was named in 1803. It is ...

'' Planch. # ''

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Ampelopsis humulifolia ''Ampelopsis'', commonly known as peppervine or porcelainberry, is a genus of climbing shrubs, in the grape family Vitaceae. The name is derived from the grc, ἅμπελος (''ampelos''), which means "vine". The genus was named in 1803. It is ...

'' Bunge # ''

Ampelopsis japonica ''Ampelopsis'', commonly known as peppervine or porcelainberry, is a genus of climbing shrubs, in the grape family Vitaceae. The name is derived from the grc, ἅμπελος (''ampelos''), which means "vine". The genus was named in 1803. It is ...

'' (Thunb.) Makino – Japanese peppervine # ''

Ampelopsis mollifolia ''Ampelopsis'', commonly known as peppervine or porcelainberry, is a genus of climbing shrubs, in the grape family Vitaceae. The name is derived from the grc, ἅμπελος (''ampelos''), which means "vine". The genus was named in 1803. It is ...

'' W.T.Wang # ''

Ampelopsis orientalis ''Ampelopsis'', commonly known as peppervine or porcelainberry, is a genus of climbing shrubs, in the grape family Vitaceae. The name is derived from the grc, ἅμπελος (''ampelos''), which means "vine". The genus was named in 1803. It is ...

'' (Lam.) Planch. # ''

Ampelopsis tadshikistanica ''Ampelopsis'', commonly known as peppervine or porcelainberry, is a genus of climbing shrubs, in the grape family Vitaceae. The name is derived from the grc, ἅμπελος (''ampelos''), which means "vine". The genus was named in 1803. It is ...

'' Zaprjagaeva # ''

Ampelopsis tomentosa ''Ampelopsis'', commonly known as peppervine or porcelainberry, is a genus of climbing shrubs, in the grape family Vitaceae. The name is derived from the grc, ἅμπελος (''ampelos''), which means "vine". The genus was named in 1803. It is ...

'' Planch. ex Franch. # ''

Ampelopsis vitifolia ''Ampelopsis'', commonly known as peppervine or porcelainberry, is a genus of climbing shrubs, in the grape family Vitaceae. The name is derived from the grc, ἅμπελος (''ampelos''), which means "vine". The genus was named in 1803. It is ...

'' (Boiss.) Planch. # ''

Ampelopsis wangii ''Ampelopsis'', commonly known as peppervine or porcelainberry, is a genus of climbing shrubs, in the grape family Vitaceae. The name is derived from the grc, ἅμπελος (''ampelos''), which means "vine". The genus was named in 1803. It is ...

'' I.M.Turner

Moved to genus ''
Nekemias ''Nekemias'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Vitaceae. Its native range is Assam to Temperate Eastern Asia and Western and Central Malesia, Central and Eastern USA. Species '' Plants of the World Online'' currently inclu ...
''

*''Ampelopsis arborea'' – Peppervine is now '' Nekemias arborea'' *'' Ampelopsis cantoniensis'' * ''

Ampelopsis grossedentata ''Nekemias grossedentata'',Wen J, Nie ZL (2014) ''PhytoKeys'' 42: 16. known as moyeam, is a species of plant in the family Vitaceae. It is mainly distributed in central and southern China and Indochina. The leaves and stems are used to make a ...

Ecology

''Ampelopsis'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some

Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) is an order (biology), order of insects that includes butterfly, butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 Family (biology), families and 46 Taxonomic r ...

species, including ''

Bucculatrix quinquenotella ''Bucculatrix quinquenotella'' is a species of moth of the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in North America, including Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, Missouri, Iowa, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Washington D.C., New Jersey, ...

'' and ''

Sphecodina abbottii ''Sphecodina abbottii'', or Abbott's sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by William John Swainson in 1821. Distribution It lives in eastern North America. Biology Adults fly in May and June in the n ...

''.

Fossil record

Fossil seeds from the early Miocene of ''Ampelopsis ludwigii'' and ''Ampelopsis rotundata'', have been found in the Czech part of the Zittau Basin. The fossil species ''Ampelopsis malvaeformis'' was rather common in northern Italy in the early and middle Pliocene but seems to disappear at the middle and late Pliocene boundary.The role of central Italy as a centre of refuge for

thermophilous A thermophile is an organism—a type of extremophile—that thrives at relatively high temperatures, between . Many thermophiles are archaea, though they can be bacteria or fungi. Thermophilic eubacteria are suggested to have been among the ear ...

plants in the late Cenozoic, Edoardo Martinetto, Acta Palaeobotan. 41(2): 299-319, 2001

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