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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Akebia''
| image = Akebia_quinata02.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = ''Akebia quinata''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ranunculales]]
| familia = [[Lardizabalaceae]]
| genus = '''''Akebia'''''
| genus_authority = [[Decne.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''''Akebia''''' is a [[genus]] of just two species of [[flowering plant]], within the family [[Lardizabalaceae]]. The scientific name, ''akebia'', is a Latinization of the [[Japanese language|Japanese]] name for the genus, ''akebi''. They are commonly referred to as '''chocolate vine''', and are grown by [[gardener]]s as ornamental trailing vines. The purple or reddish purple flowers are borne on [[raceme]]s and have a slight chocolate scent. Their fruits are edible. The two species have been cultivated into several varieties.
*''[[Akebia quinata]]'' (Houtt.) Decne. : five-leaf akebia
*''[[Akebia trifoliata]]'' (Thunb.) Koidz. : three-leaf akebia
**''Akebia trifoliata'' subsp. ''australis'' (Diels) T. Shimizu
**''Akebia trifoliata'' subsp. ''longisepala'' H. N. Qin
**''Akebia trifoliata'' subsp. ''trifoliata''
==References==
* {{cite book | author=[[L. H. Bailey|Bailey, L. H.]] | title=[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/9550 Manual of Gardening (Second Edition).] | year=[[2005]] | publisher=[[Project Gutenberg|Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]]}}
{{Ranunculales-stub}}
[[Category:Lardizabalaceae]]
[[Category:Garden plants]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Akebia''
| image = Akebia_quinata02.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = ''Akebia quinata''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ranunculales]]
| familia = [[Lardizabalaceae]]
| genus = '''''Akebia'''''
| genus_authority = [[Decne.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''''Akebia''''' is a [[genus]] of just two species of [[flowering plant]], within the family [[Lardizabalaceae]]. The scientific name, ''akebia'', is a Latinization of the [[Japanese language|Japanese]] name for the genus, ''akebi''. They are commonly referred to as '''chocolate vine''', and are grown by [[gardener]]s as ornamental trailing vines. The purple or reddish purple flowers are borne on [[raceme]]s and have a slight chocolate scent. Their fruits are edible. The two species have been cultivated into several varieties.
*''[[Akebia quinata]]'' (Houtt.) Decne. : five-leaf akebia
*''[[Akebia trifoliata]]'' (Thunb.) Koidz. : three-leaf akebia
**''Akebia trifoliata'' subsp. ''australis'' (Diels) T. Shimizu
**''Akebia trifoliata'' subsp. ''longisepala'' H. N. Qin
**''Akebia trifoliata'' subsp. ''trifoliata''
==References==
* {{cite book | author=[[L. H. Bailey|Bailey, L. H.]] | title=[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/9550 Manual of Gardening (Second Edition).] | year=[[2005]] | publisher=[[Project Gutenberg|Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]]}}
{{Ranunculales-stub}}
[[Category:Lardizabalaceae]]
[[Category:Garden plants]]
