''Vitis silvestrii'' (known locally as ''hu bei pu tao'', which means Hubei grape
[) is a species of ]polygamo-dioecious
Plant reproductive morphology is the study of the physical form and structure (the morphology) of those parts of plants directly or indirectly concerned with sexual reproduction.
Among all living organisms, flowers, which are the reproductive s ...
plant in the grape family native to the forest
A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, and ecological function. The United Nations' ...
ed slopes of western Hubei
Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The ...
and southern Shaanxi
Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see § Name) is a landlocked province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichuan (SW), Gansu (W), N ...
in China from 300 to 1200 meters above sea level. Its flower
A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae). The biological function of a flower is to facilitate reproduction, usually by providing a mechani ...
s appear in May, males having abortive pistils[
''Vitis silvestrii'' should not to be confused with the very similarly named ''Vitis sylvestris, V. sylvestris'' John Bartram, Bartram][ A description of ''V. sylvestris'' was first published in ''Medical Repository'' 1: 21. 1804. ] (Eurasian wild grape), which some botany, botanists and Taxonomy (biology), taxonomists believe to be synonym (taxonomy), synonymous with ''V. vinifera'' ssp. ''silvestris'', the dioecious, ancestral form of ''Vitis vinifera, V. vinifera''.[
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References
Vitis, silvestrii
Plants described in 1910
Flora of China
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