| Hubei grape | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Vitales |
| Family: | Vitaceae |
| Genus: | Vitis |
| Species: | V. silvestrii
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| Binomial name | |
| Vitis silvestrii | |
Vitis silvestrii (known locally as hu bei pu tao, which means Hubei grape[2]) is a species of polygamo-dioecious plant in the grape family native to the forested slopes of western Hubei and southern Shaanxi in China from 300 to 1200 meters above sea level. Its flowers appear in May, males having abortive pistils[2]
Vitis silvestrii should not be confused with the very similarly named V. sylvestris Bartram[3] (Eurasian wild grape), which some botanists and taxonomists believe to be synonymous with V. vinifera ssp. silvestris, the dioecious, ancestral form of V. vinifera.[4] The name silvestrii was chosen to honor the Reverend, or Père, C. Silvestri, an Italian collector of plants specializing in phanerogams,[5] and the collector of this species (on July 3, 1907).[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b A description of V. silvestrii was first published in Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano, new series 17(3): 430, f. 14. 1910. "Name - Vitis silvestrii Pamp". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
Locality: China: Hubei: monte "Triora", forest margins, 1950 m, 3 July 1907 ~ Collector and Number: Silvestri 1439
- ^ a b c "Vitis silvestrii". Flora of China. eFloras. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
- ^ A description of V. sylvestris was first published in Medical Repository 1: 21. 1804. "Name - !Vitis sylvestris Bartram". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
- ^ Ahmet Güner; Gábor Gyulai; Zoltán Tóth; Gülsüm Asena Başlı; Zoltán Szabó; Ferenc Gyulai; András Bittsánszky; Luther Waters Jr.; László Heszky (2008). "Grape (Vitis vinifera) seeds from Antiquity and the Middle Ages Excavated in Hungary - LM and SEM analysis" (PDF). Anadolu Univ J Sci Technol. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 23, 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
- ^ "Collector, C. Silvestri". Retrieved May 23, 2010.
C. Silvestri ~ Dates fl.: ca. 1905-1913 ~ Specialties: Phanerogams ~ Countries: Italy, China ~ Member of: G. Giraldi & C. Silvestri ~ Note: Hupeh [Hubei] (col. ±1910-1912): A (280), E, FI (orig.), W (175 phan.)
