Nekemias arborea

(Linnaeus) J. Wen & Boggan

PhytoKeys 42: 13. 2014.

Common names: Pepper vine
WeedyIllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Vitis arborea Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 1: 203. 1753
Synonyms: Ampelopsis arborea (Linnaeus) Koehne
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 20.

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

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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

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"connate" is not a number.

... more about "Nekemias arborea"
acute +  and acuminate +
Michael O. Moore† +  and Jun Wen +
(Linnaeus) J. Wen & Boggan +
adherent +
cuneate;truncate;cuneate;truncate;rounded +
Vitis arborea +
black +, blue +  and purple +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
oblate +  and subglobose +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
triangular-ovate +
glabrate +  and glabrous +
undulate +  and saucer--shaped +
Pepper vine +
leaf-opposed +
corymblike +
Ala. +, Ark. +, D.C. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Ky. +, La. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.Mex. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Va. +  and W.Va. +
0–400 m. +
yellowish green +
Stream banks, edges of swamp forests, floodplain forests, maritime woodlands, moist to wet hammocks, shrubby interdune swales, fence- and hedgerows, thickets, roadsides, waste places. +
3-pinnate +  and 2-pinnate +
ovate;rhombic-ovate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
pinnate +  and palmate +
crenate +  and serrate +
free +  and adnate +
intrastaminal +
cup-shaped +
anatropous +  and apotropous +
distinct +
Flowering late May–Jun +  and fruiting Sep–Oct. +
2[-3]-carpellate +
Weedy +, Illustrated +  and Endemic +
stalked +  and multicellular +
elongate +  and conic +
Ampelopsis arborea +
Nekemias arborea +
Nekemias +
species +
liana +  and climbing +