Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Vitales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vitis simpsonii
FAMILY
Vitaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read about Muscadinia and Vitis from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Learn more about Florida Grape from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vitis cinerea var. floridana
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vitis cinerea var. floridana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)
Vitis cinerea var. floridana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vitis cinerea var. floridana
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Vitis cinerea
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 120-02-006b:
Vitis cinerea var. floridana FAMILY Vitaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Vitis cinerea var. cinerea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vitis simpsonii
COMMON NAME:
Florida Grape
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vitis simpsonii
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vitis cinerea var. floridana
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vitis cinerea var. floridana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Vitis cinerea var. floridana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vitis cinerea var. floridana
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Vitis cinerea
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 120-02-006b:
Vitis cinerea var. floridana
FAMILY
Vitaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Vitis cinerea var. cinerea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vitis simpsonii
2622
Woody vine
Perennial
Polygamous
Habitat: hammocks, floodplain and other moist forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon in Carolina Piedmont) (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish-green
Radially symmetrical
Calyx usually unlobed
5 petals
5 stamens, abortive in pistillate flowers
Superior ovary
Bisexual & unisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Purple
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p188
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p093?
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p378
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