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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Vitaceae
| image = Grapes03.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Vitis vinifera]]'', wine grapes
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = '''Vitales'''
| ordo_authority = [[Gilbert Thomas Burnett|Burnett]]
| familia = '''Vitaceae'''
| familia_authority = [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]], nom. cons.
| subdivision_ranks = [[Genus|Genera]]
| subdivision =
*''[[Acareosperma]]''
*''[[Ampelocissus]]''
*''[[Ampelopsis]]'' ([[peppervine]])
*''[[Cayratia]]''
*''[[Cissus]]'' ([[treebind]], [[treebine]])
*''[[Clematicissus]]''
*''[[Cyphostemma]]''
*''[[Leea]]''
*''[[Nothocissus]]''
*''[[Parthenocissus]]''
*''[[Pterisanthes]]''
*''[[Pterocissus]]''
*''[[Rhoicissus]]''
*''[[Tetrastigma]]''
*''[[Vitis]]'' ([[grape]])
*''[[Yua (plant)|Yua]]''
}}
'''Vitaceae''' are a family of [[dicotyledon]]ous [[flowering plant]]s including the [[grape]] and [[Virginia creeper]]. The family name is derived from the genus ''[[Vitis]]''. The name sometimes appears as '''Vitidaceae''', but Vitaceae is a conserved name and therefore has priority over both Vitidaceae and another name sometimes found in the older literature, '''Ampelidaceae'''.
The relationships of Vitaceae are unclear and the family does not appear to have any close relatives. In the [[Cronquist system]], the family was placed near the family [[Rhamnaceae]] in order [[Rhamnales]]. The family was placed in the [[Rosid]] clade, but not classified in an order, by the [[Angiosperm Phylogeny Group]] (APG). The Angiosperm Phylogeny Web places Vitaceae in its own order, Vitales. Recent phylogenetic analyses support Vitaceae as the sister-group to all other rosids (Jansen et al. 2006).
Most ''Vitis'' species have 38 chromosomes (n=19), but 40 (n=20) in subgenus ''[[Muscadinia]]'', while ''[[Ampelocissus]]'', ''[[Parthenocissus]]'', and ''[[Ampelopsis]]'' also have 40 chromosomes (n=20) and ''[[Cissus]]'' has 24 chromosomes (n=12).
The family is economically important as [[grape]]s (''Vitis'' species) are an important fruit crop and, when fermented, produce [[wine]].
Species of the genus ''[[Tetrastigma]]'' serve as hosts to [[parasitic plant]]s in the family [[Rafflesiaceae]].
''[[Leea]]'', sometimes classified in its own family, [[Leeaceae]], is included in Vitaceae by the APG and the Angiosperm Phylogeny Web.
==References and external links==
*R. K. Jansen, C. Kaittanis, S. B. Lee, C. Saski, J. Tomkins, A. J. Alverson and H. Daniell. 2006. Phylogenetic analyses of ''Vitis'' (Vitaceae) based on complete chloroplast genome sequences: effects of taxon sampling and phylogenetic methods on resolving relationships among rosids. ''BMC Evolutionary Biology'' 6: 32 [published online, 14 pp.].
*[http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/orders/vitalesweb.html#Vitales Vitaceae] at the [http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb Angiosperm Phylogeny Web]
* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/vitidace.htm Vitidaceae] in [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval.] http://delta-intkey.com
{{rosid-stub}}
[[Category:Plant families]]
[[Category:Vitaceae| ]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = Vitaceae
| image = Grapes03.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Vitis vinifera]]'', wine grapes
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = '''Vitales'''
| ordo_authority = [[Gilbert Thomas Burnett|Burnett]]
| familia = '''Vitaceae'''
| familia_authority = [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]], nom. cons.
| subdivision_ranks = [[Genus|Genera]]
| subdivision =
*''[[Acareosperma]]''
*''[[Ampelocissus]]''
*''[[Ampelopsis]]'' ([[peppervine]])
*''[[Cayratia]]''
*''[[Cissus]]'' ([[treebind]], [[treebine]])
*''[[Clematicissus]]''
*''[[Cyphostemma]]''
*''[[Leea]]''
*''[[Nothocissus]]''
*''[[Parthenocissus]]''
*''[[Pterisanthes]]''
*''[[Pterocissus]]''
*''[[Rhoicissus]]''
*''[[Tetrastigma]]''
*''[[Vitis]]'' ([[grape]])
*''[[Yua (plant)|Yua]]''
}}
'''Vitaceae''' are a family of [[dicotyledon]]ous [[flowering plant]]s including the [[grape]] and [[Virginia creeper]]. The family name is derived from the genus ''[[Vitis]]''. The name sometimes appears as '''Vitidaceae''', but Vitaceae is a conserved name and therefore has priority over both Vitidaceae and another name sometimes found in the older literature, '''Ampelidaceae'''.
The relationships of Vitaceae are unclear and the family does not appear to have any close relatives. In the [[Cronquist system]], the family was placed near the family [[Rhamnaceae]] in order [[Rhamnales]]. The family was placed in the [[Rosid]] clade, but not classified in an order, by the [[Angiosperm Phylogeny Group]] (APG). The Angiosperm Phylogeny Web places Vitaceae in its own order, Vitales. Recent phylogenetic analyses support Vitaceae as the sister-group to all other rosids (Jansen et al. 2006).
Most ''Vitis'' species have 38 chromosomes (n=19), but 40 (n=20) in subgenus ''[[Muscadinia]]'', while ''[[Ampelocissus]]'', ''[[Parthenocissus]]'', and ''[[Ampelopsis]]'' also have 40 chromosomes (n=20) and ''[[Cissus]]'' has 24 chromosomes (n=12).
The family is economically important as [[grape]]s (''Vitis'' species) are an important fruit crop and, when fermented, produce [[wine]].
Species of the genus ''[[Tetrastigma]]'' serve as hosts to [[parasitic plant]]s in the family [[Rafflesiaceae]].
''[[Leea]]'', sometimes classified in its own family, [[Leeaceae]], is included in Vitaceae by the APG and the Angiosperm Phylogeny Web.
==References and external links==
*R. K. Jansen, C. Kaittanis, S. B. Lee, C. Saski, J. Tomkins, A. J. Alverson and H. Daniell. 2006. Phylogenetic analyses of ''Vitis'' (Vitaceae) based on complete chloroplast genome sequences: effects of taxon sampling and phylogenetic methods on resolving relationships among rosids. ''BMC Evolutionary Biology'' 6: 32 [published online, 14 pp.].
*[http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/orders/vitalesweb.html#Vitales Vitaceae] at the [http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb Angiosperm Phylogeny Web]
* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/vitidace.htm Vitidaceae] in [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval.] http://delta-intkey.com
{{rosid-stub}}
[[Category:Plant families]]
[[Category:Vitaceae| ]]
