Vitis flexuosa

Creeping grape
Creeping grape leaves on vines
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Vitales
Family: Vitaceae
Genus: Vitis
Species: V. flexuosa
Binomial name
Vitis flexuosa
Thunb. [1]
Synonyms

V. flexuosa var. parvifolia (Roxb.) Gagnep.
V. indica Thunb.
V. parvifolia Roxb.
V. wallichii DC.

List source : [1]
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Vitis flexuosa is a species of liana in the grape family. It has a very large native range in Asian tropical and temperate climate zones, including East Asia (Taiwan; and the Chinese provinces of Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan and Zhejiang; the Japanese prefectures of Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku and the Ryukyu Islands; and the Koreas), Indochina (Laos; Thailand; and Vietnam), the Indian Subcontinent (The Indian states of Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal); Nepal; and north Pakistan), and Malesia in the Philippines.[1]

Flexuosol A is a stilbene tetramer found in V. flexuosa.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3  Species was first published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 2:332. 1794 GRIN (May 23, 2009). "Vitis flexuosa information from NPGS/GRIN". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved May 13, 2010.
  2. Li, W. W.; Li, B. G.; Chen, Y. Z. (1998). "Flexuosol A, a New Tetrastilbene fromVitis flexuosa". Journal of Natural Products 61 (5): 646–647. doi:10.1021/np970457v. PMID 9599267.


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