Family Code: VITACE Genus Code: AMPEL3 Genus CN: peppervine Genus Authority: Michx. Genus Summary: A genus of about 25 species, woody vines, of temperate and subtropical America and Asia. See Wen, Boggan, & Nie (2-14) and Soejima & Wen (2006) for the reasons for separating Ampelopsis sect. Leeaceifoliae as genus Nekemias. Genus References: Chen, Ren, & Wen (2007)=Z; Soejima & Wen (2006); Wen in Kubitzki, Bayer, & Stevens (2007). Last Updated: 2019-11-29 Publish: 1