Table 1. Morphological comparisons among Vitis shizishanensis, V. bryoniifolia, V. flexuosa, V in Vitis shizishanensis, a new species of the grape genus from Hubei province, China

Table 1. Morphological comparisons among Vitis shizishanensis, V. bryoniifolia, V. flexuosa, V. sinocinerea, and V. bellula. CharactersV. shizishanensisV. flexuosaV. bryoniifoliaV. sinocinereaV. bellulatendrilsunbranched or bifurcate in the upper halfbifurcate to the middlebifurcateunbranched or bifurcateunbranched or bifurcateSize of leavesca. 3-10 × 3-9 cmca. 5-12 × 3.5-10 cmca. 2.5-8 × 2-5 cmca. 3-8 × 3-6 cmca. 3-7 × 2-4 cmLeaf basesubtruncate or subcordate to deeply cordateslightly subcordate or subtruncate, rarely cordatecordate or deeply cordatesubcordate or subtruncatesubcordate, subtruncate, or subroundedShape of leavesunlobed to 3-7 lobedunlobed to slightly 3-lobedunlobed to 3-7 lobed3-lobed or inconspicuously dividedunlobedAbaxial mature leaf surfacesusually glabrouswith sparse arachnoid tomentum to glabrescentwith dense arachnoid tomentumwith dense arachnoid tomentumwith dense arachnoid tomentumSize of fruits5-8 mm in diam8-10 mm in diam5-8 mm in diam6-10 mm in diam6-10 mm in diamAltitude10-50 m100-2300 m100-2500 m200-2800 m400-1600 mDistributionChina (Hubei)China, India, Japan, Laos, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, VietnamChina (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hebei, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan)China (Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang)China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan)