Family · Rosids
Vitaceae
Grapes, Virginia creeper
Grape family: mostly tendril-climbing vines with leaf-opposed tendrils and berry fruits; includes the wine grape.
- Accepted species
- 1,040accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 20accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈58 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Africamost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Vitis vinifera (grapevine)
- Parthenocissus (Virginia creeper)
- Cissus
- Ampelopsis
Genera
Cissus280 spp.
Cyphostemma246 spp.
Tetrastigma138 spp.
Ampelocissus92 spp.
Vitis83 spp.
Leea45 spp.
Cayratia40 spp.
Causonis20 spp.
Ampelopsis16 spp.
Pterisanthes16 spp.
Parthenocissus15 spp.
Rhoicissus11 spp.
Nekemias8 spp.
Afrocayratia7 spp.
Apocissus7 spp.
Clematicissus6 spp.
Pseudocayratia6 spp.
Yua2 spp.
Acareosperma1 spp.
Nothocissus1 spp.
Where it grows
- Africa410
- Asia-Tropical380
- Asia-Temperate197
- Southern America88
- Northern America51
- Australasia34
- Pacific14
- Europe1
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Vitaceae sits in the order Vitales.