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Grape family
Vitaceae
ブドウ科
A family of about 14 genera and 910 species including Vitis, Cayratia, Parthenocissus, and Ampelopsis. Mostly climbers using tendrils for support. Grapevine (Vitis) is one of the world's most important fruit crops, also used in winemaking. Belongs to the rosids within the core eudicots.
Key Characteristics
- ●Mostly woody climbers
- ●Cling by tendrils (modified leaves)
- ●Leaves palmately lobed or compound
- ●Flowers small, pentamerous; petals often fall as a cap (calyptra)
- ●Berries with thin skin and abundant pulp
Morphological Traits
A family may include species with different trait values — multiple values indicate the range within the family.
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf type
Simple / Compound
Venation
Pinnate / Palmate
Leaf margin
Serrate / Dentate / Entire
Growth form
Shrub / Vine
Evergreen/Deciduous
Deciduous / Evergreen
Compound type
Ternate / Palmate / Pinnate
Leaf dissection
Dissected / Undivided
Stipules
Present
Latex
Present / Absent
Flower symmetry
Actinomorphic
Petal count
4 petals / 5 petals
Petal fusion
Free
Ovary position
Superior
Stamen count
3-4 / 5
Plant sex
Dioecious / Hermaphrodite / Monoecious
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Eudicots > Core eudicots > Rosids > Vitales > Vitaceae
Divergence Era
Late Cretaceous (approx. 90–85 million years ago)
Representative Genera
Related Evolution Events
- ・Acquisition of the climbing habit through tendrils
- ・Establishment of a phylogenetic position as an early-diverging lineage within the rosids
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