Ampelocissus barbata (Wall.) Planch. (India (Assam, Darjeeling, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya), Sikkim, Bhutan, Myanmar [Burma], Andaman Isl. (Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl.), Nicobar Isl. (North Nicobar Isl.), Vietnam, Bangladesh as per Catalogue of Life) Ampelocissus indica (L.) Planch. (S-India (Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of Life) Ampelocissus latifolia (Roxb.) Planch. (Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya as per POWO; India (throughout), Nepal, Jammu & Kashmir (Jammu), Laos, Pakistan, Bangladesh as per Catalogue of Life) Ampelocissus rugosa (Wall.) Planch. (Bhutan, India (Darjeeling, Garhwal, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya), Sikkim, Nepal, Myanmar [Burma] as per Catalogue of Life) Ampelocissus sikkimensis (Laws.) Planch. (China (Yunnan), Sikkim, Nepal, NE-India (Darjeeling, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Mizoram, Meghalaya) as per Catalogue of life) Ampelocissus tomentosa (B.Heyne & Roth) Planch. (India (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu), Bangladesh, Myanmar [Burma] as per Catalogue of Life) Keys in Flora of Bhutan: 1. Leaves mostly 3-foliolate ... .. 1. A. divaricata + Leaves simple but often shallowly lobed ... .. 2 2. Stems, petioles and peduncles softly glandular-bristly; flowers in panicles … 2. A. barbata + Stems, petioles and peduncles glabrous to tomentose but never glandular bristly; flowers in rounded cymes ... .. 3 3. Leaves often shallowly 5 — 7-lobed, softly red-brown tomentose beneath, becoming pubescent or almost glabrous, rugose above .. 3. A. rugosa + Leaves unlobed, glabrous, smooth above ... 4. A. sikkimensis 1a Leaves compound ....... 1. A. divaricata b Leaves simple (sometimes lobed) ....... 2. 2a Stems, petioles and leaves conspicuously hairy ...... 3. b Stems, petioles and leaves mostly glabrous or very sparsely hairy ...... 4. 3a Stems and petioles with arachnoid hairs and dark erect glandular hairs. Inflorescence an elongate thyrse .... 2. A. barbata b Stems and petioles with arachnoid hairs, never with dark erect glandular hairs. Inflorescence an umbellate corymb ... 3. A. rugosa 4a Leaf blade generally pentagonal or slightly 5-lobed. Inflorescence a pyramidal thyrse. Calyx entire ......... 4. A. latifolia b Leaf blade ovate to orbicular, neither angled nor lobed. Inflorescence an umbellate corymb. Calyx 5-notched .... 5. 5a Leaf blade ovate to orbicular, neither angled nor lobed. Inflorescence an umbellate corymb. Calyx 5-notched ... 5. A. sikkimensis Ampelocissus araneosa (India (Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu) as per Catalogue of Life) Ampelocissus birii (India (Kerala- Palakkad district)) Ampelocissus divaricata (N-India (Garhwal, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Arunachal
Pradesh, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu), Nepal, Bhutan as per Catalogue of Life) Ampelocissus erioclada (syn. of Ampelocissus wightiana B.V.Shetty & Par.Singh as per POWO- S. India, Sri Lanka) Ampelocissus ternata (?Ampelopsis ternata DC. syn. of Ampelocissus tomentosa (Heyne ex Roth) Planch.) Species with description & keys from Flora of Pakistan (Distribution): Ampelocissus latifolia (Roxb.) Planch. (N.W. India, Assam, Sylhet, Bengal, Bihar, sub Himalayan tracts, from Ravi east ward, Kashmir & Nepal) Ampelocissus barbata in Online Flora of Nepal (2017) Ampelocissus divaricata (Wall. ex M. A. Lawson) Planch. (300-1700 m; Himalaya (Garhwal to Nepal), Assam, Indo-China) Ampelocissus latifolia (Roxb.) Planch. (300-1600 m; Himalaya (Kumaun to Nepal), India) Ampelocissus nervosa (M. A. Lawson) Planch. (1000-1800 m; Himalaya (Nepal, Sikkim))- Not mentioned in Online Flora of Nepal (2017) Ampelocissus rugosa (Wall.) Planch. (1000-2400 m; Himalaya (Garhwal, Nepal), Assam, Burma) Ampelocissus sikkimensis (M. A. Lawson) Planch. (1000-2000 m; E. Himalaya (Nepal, Sikkim), Khasia) Some species found in India with description & keys from Flora of China
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other than China]: Ampelocissus hoabinhensis C. L. Li [Nepal, Vietnam].- Vietnam, China (Yunnan) as per Catalogue of life- Not mentioned in Online Flora of Nepal (2017) Ampelocissus xizangensis C. L. Li [Nepal]- Not mentioned in Online Flora of Nepal (2017) Ampelocissus sikkimensis (M. A. Lawson) Planchon [India, Nepal]. Ampelocissus (Vitaceae)- comparative images : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through Ampelocissus (Vitaceae) page with comparative images of species in efloraofindia. On clicking the link of species, one can check the complete details. Genus pages generally give details of most of the species found in India. I request you to pl. go through & point out mistakes, if any. I hope this will aid in identifications in future. If anybody can send images of other species of this genus (for incorporation in the website), if any, or can identify unidentified images, it will be really nice. |