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Revision as of 12:41, 8 June 2021

Common name: Peppervine[1]

Nekemias arborea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Order: Rhamnales
Family: Vitaceae
Genus: Nekemias
Species: N. arborea
Binomial name
Nekemias arborea
L.
NEKE ARBO DIST.JPG
Natural range of Nekemias arborea from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms: Ampelopsis arborea (Linnaeus) Koehne.[2]

Varieties: Nekemias megalophylla (Diels & Gilg) J. Wen & Z.L. Nie.[2]

Description

N. arborea is a perennial shrub/vine of the Vitaceae family native to North America and Puerto Rico.[1] Its leaflets are 2-6 cm long.[2]

Distribution

N. arborea is found in the southeastern corner of the United States from New Mexico to Maryland, as well as Puerto Rico.[1]

Ecology

Habitat

N. arborea proliferates in swamp forests, marshes, wet thickets, and moist to wet maritime forests.[3] Specimens have been collected from coastal scrub savannah, waterfront, upper tidal mixed forest, and cypress canopy region.[4] Phenology: N. arboreum flowers from Jun through October.[2]

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

N. arborea is considered a weedy or invasive species by the Southern Weed Science Society. [1]

Cultural use

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 USDA Plant Database https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=NEAR5
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  3. Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
  4. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: R.K. Godfrey, R.F. Doren, R. Komarek, Loran C. Anderson, Ron Hughes, M. Darst, H. Light, J. Good, L. Peed. States and counties: Florida (Gadsden, Leon, Wakulla, Franklin, Holmes, Dixie) South Carolina (Richland)