Ampelozizyphus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Rosales

Familia: Rhamnaceae
Subfamlia: Rhamnoideae
Tribus: Ampelozizipheae
Genus: Ampelozizyphus
Species: A. amazonicus – A. guaquirensis – A. kuripacorum
Name

Ampelozizyphus Ducke, Arq. Inst. Biol. Veg. 2(2): 157. (1935)

Type species: Ampelozizyphus amazonicus Ducke, Arq. Inst. Biol. Veg. 2(2): 158, pls. 1, 2. (1935)

References

Ducke, A. 1935. Arquivos do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal 2(2): 157.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Ampelozizyphus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr. 19. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Ampelozizyphus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr. 19. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Ampelozizyphus. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 19 2021. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Ampelozizyphus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Apr. 2021.

Ampelozizyphus is a genus of plants in the family Rhamnaceae. It includes two species Ampelozizyphus amazonicus, which is known from Amazonian Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil, and Ampelozizyphus guaquirensis, native to the central portion of the Coastal Cordillera of Venezuela.
External links
Diniz, Lúcio Ricardo Leite; Santana, Paula Carvalho; Ribeiro, Ana Paula Araújo Ferreira; Portella, Viviane Gomes; Pacheco, Lílian Fernanda; Meyer, Nádia Burkowski; César, Isabela Costa; Cosenza, Gustavo Pereira; et al. (June 2009). "Effect of triterpene saponins from roots of Ampelozizyphus amazonicus Ducke on diuresis in rats". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 123 (2): 275–9. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2009.03.006. PMID 19429372.
Amaral, Ana Claudia F.; Ferreira, José Luiz P.; de Moura, Dominique F.; Carvalho, Junior R.; Ohana, Débora T.; Echevarria, Aurea; do Rosário, Virgilio E.; Lopes, Dinora; de A. Silva, Jefferson Rocha (2008). "Updated studies on Ampelozizyphus amazonicus, a medicinal plant used in the Amazonian Region". Pharmacognosy Reviews. 2 (4): 308–16.
Winfried Meier, Paul E. Berry (2008). "Ampelozizyphus guaquirensis (Rhamnaceae), a new tree species endemic to the Venezuelan Coastal Cordillera". Brittonia. 2 (60): 131–135. Bibcode:2008Britt..60..131M. doi:10.1007/s12228-008-9011-6.