3-93 Vitaceae, grape family

Marian C. Munro; Ruth E. Newell; Nicholas M. Hill

Authors

Marian C. Munro Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS
Ruth E. Newell E. C. Smith Herbarium, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Nicholas M. Hill Fernhill Institute, Kentville, Nova Scotia; Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Keywords:

Magnoliophyte, grape family, dicots, Parthenocissus, Vitis, grape, woodbine, Virginia creeper

Abstract

Most are woody vines, with 700 species worldwide. Three species reach Nova Scotia. Flowers are regular and hypogynous, perfect or unisexual. They are 4–5-merous. Calyx is much-reduced or vestigial. Corolla is also small, the petals opposing the stamens. Ovaries have two locules, sometimes inserted into nectary disk. Leaves are palmately compound or lobed and opposed by others modified into tendrils. Marian Munro, Martin Thomas and Sean Blaney provided image use.

Author Biographies

Marian C. Munro, Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS

Curator of Botany (NSPM)

Ruth E. Newell, E. C. Smith Herbarium, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia

Curator of the E. C. Smith Herbarium (ACAD)

Nicholas M. Hill, Fernhill Institute, Kentville, Nova Scotia; Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Director; Adjunct Professor