Genus: Ampelopsis

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Eudicotyledons >  Core eudicots > Family: Vitaceae

About 25 species, native to Asia and North America. Most are woody, deciduous shrubs but some grow as shrubs. Grown as a garden ornamental in southern Africa.

Herbivores in southern Africa