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Cissus alata, commonly known as grape ivy, grape leaf ivy, oak leaf ivy, or Venezuela treebine, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Vitaceae native to the tropical Americas. [3] Under its synonym Cissus rhombifolia, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [4] [5] The species name 'alata' means winged ...
Although unrelated to true ivy, it is commonly known as Boston ivy, grape ivy, and Japanese ivy, and also as Japanese creeper, and by the name woodbine (though the latter may refer to a number of different vine species). [1] The specific epithet tricuspidata means three-pointed, referring to the leaf shape. [2]
Parthenocissus / ˌ p ɑːr θ ɪ n oʊ ˈ s ɪ s ə s /, [1] is a genus of tendril [2] climbing plants in the grape family, Vitaceae. It contains about 12 species native to the Himalaya, eastern Asia and North America. [3] Several are grown for ornamental use, notably P. henryana, P. quinquefolia and P. tricuspidata. [2]
Parthenocissus quinquefolia, known as Virginia creeper, Victoria creeper, five-leaved ivy, or five-finger, is a species of flowering vine in the grape family, Vitaceae.It is native to eastern and central North America, from southeastern Canada and the eastern United States west to Manitoba and Utah, and south to eastern Mexico and Guatemala.
cape ivy Senecio angulatus and Senecio tamoides; coliseum ivy, Kenilworth ivy, Oxford ivy, Cymbalaria muralis; devil's ivy Epipremnum aureum; fig ivy (or creeping fig or climbing fig) Ficus pumila; German ivy (or parlor ivy) Delairea odorata; grape ivy Parthenocissus tricuspidata; ground ivy Glechoma hederacea; ivy of Uruguay Cissus striata
The genus name was established by Carl Linnaeus who used species epithets that are adjectives with feminine grammatical gender in Latin (e.g., C. trifoliata L.). This matches the pattern that names of trees ending in - us in Latin have feminine gender, although other plant names ending in - us are usually masculine.
Cyphostemma juttae, known as wild grape; Delairea odorata, German ivy; Dolichandra unguis-cati, cat's claw creeper, funnel creeper, or cat's claw trumpet; Epipremnum aureum, known as golden pothos and devil's ivy; Fallopia baldschuanica, the Russian vine; Ficus pumila, known as the climbing fig; Hardenbergia violacea, lilac vine
Rhoicissus rhomboidea, also known as the glossy forest grape, glossy wild grape, ropewood, bastard forest grape and grape ivy, [2] is an evergreen climbing plant in the family Vitaceae that is native to the eastern forests of southern Africa.