''Vitis mengziensis'' is a species of plant in the
grape family. It is found in the province of
Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the C ...
in
China, where it is known by the name ''meng zi pu tao'', meaning Mengzi or Mengtze grape.
[ The specific epithet ''mengziensis'' and vernacular Chinese name refer to Mengzi, a county in the southeast of Yunnan. It grows in ]temperate rainforest
Temperate rainforests are coniferous or broadleaf forests that occur in the temperate zone and receive heavy rain.
Temperate rain forests occur in oceanic moist regions around the world: the Pacific temperate rain forests of North American ...
s, at elevations near 1600 meters.[
]
References
mengziensis
Plants described in 1996
Flora of China
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