Taxon: Parthenocissus quinquefolia (L.) Planch.

Common names:

• American-ivy   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• five-leaf-ivy   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• Virginia-creeper   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• woodbine   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• vigne vierge vraie   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – French
  
• gewöhnliche Jungfernrebe   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German
  
• wilder Wein   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German
  
• amerika-zuta   (Source: F JapanOhwi ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Eur Gard F)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Kingsbury; Lampe & McCann)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Parthenocissus quinquefolia from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Eastern Canada: Canada - Ontario, Quebec
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico [e.], Texas
  Mexico
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Guatemala

• naturalized elsewhere

References:

• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. (Zander ed17)
• Fernald, M. L. 1950. Gray's manual of botany, ed. 8. (Grays Man)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR) [cultivated].
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. (F GPlains)
• Munro, D. B. Canadian poisonous plants information system - on-line resource. (Can Poison Pl)
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). (F JapanOhwi) [cultivated].
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. (F Canada)
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala. (F Guat)
• Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. (F Okin) [cultivated].
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. (Eur Gard F)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Parthenocissus quinquefolia.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Parthenocissus quinquefolia. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Ampelopsis quinquefolia (L.) Michx.
  
• (≡) Hedera quinquefolia L. (basionym)
  
• (=) Parthenocissus quinquefolia f. hirsuta (Pursh) Fernald
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)

Check other databases for Parthenocissus quinquefolia (L.) Planch.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Parthenocissus quinquefolia cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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