| Accepted name: |
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (L.) Planchon |
| Synonym(s): |
-Ampelopsis quinquefolia Michx.
-Hedera quinquefolia L.
-Parthenocissus quinquefolia var. saintpaulii (Koehne ex Graebn.) Rehd
-Parthenocissus quinquefolia var. murorum (Focke) Rehd.
-Parthenocissus inserta (A. Kern.) Fritsch
-Parthenocissus vitacea (Knerr) A. Hitchc.
-Parthenocissus quinquefolia var. hirsuta (Pursh) Planch.
-Parthenocissus quinquefolia (L.) Planchon ex DC.
-Vitis inserta A. Kern.
-Vitis quinquefolia Lam.
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| English names: |
Five-leaved Virginia-creeper
American Ivy
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| French names: |
Vigne vierge
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rhamnales
Family: Vitaceae
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| OPL Code: |
WPARQU
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
1.2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Infusion taken for yellow jaundice(*7). Compound decoction of twigs taken and used as wash to counteract poison sumac. Poultice of vines applied to bunches (swellings) on wrists. Compound decoction of bark taken for stricture caused by menstruating woman(*8)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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