Nekemias arborea
PhytoKeys 42: 13. 2014.
Common names: Pepper vine
WeedySelected by author to be illustratedEndemic
Basionym: Vitis arborea Linnaeus
Synonyms: Ampelopsis arborea (Linnaeus) Koehne
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 20.
Revision as of 14:45, 18 September 2019 by FNA>Volume Importer
Lianas, moderate to high climbing. Branchlets glabrous or glabrate. Leaves ternately 2-pinnate or partially 3-pinnate; petiole shorter than blade; blade triangular-ovate in outline, 10–20 cm diam.; leaflets ovate to rhombic-ovate, 2–5 cm, base rounded, truncate, or cuneate, margins coarsely serrate, apex acute to acuminate, abaxial surface sparsely hairy, adaxial surface glabrous. Inflorescences usually shorter than leaves. Flowers yellowish green. Berries oblate to subglobose, 7–15 mm diam. 2n = 40.
Phenology: Flowering late May–Jun; fruiting Sep–Oct.
Habitat: Stream banks, edges of swamp forests, floodplain forests, maritime woodlands, moist to wet hammocks, shrubby interdune swales, fence- and hedgerows, thickets, roadsides, waste places.
Elevation: 0–400 m.
Distribution
Ala., Ark., D.C., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Ky., La., Miss., Mo., N.Mex., N.C., Ohio, Okla., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., W.Va.
Discussion
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Lower Taxa
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