VITACEAE - Grape Family
Habit - shrubs or small trees, vines
Leaves alternate, simple, or compound
Flowers bisexual or unisexual, actinomorphic, infl. a raceme, panicle, or
cyme
11 genera, 700 species
Largest genus is Cissus (300 species)
Vitis - grape
Parthenocissus - Virginia Creeper
Economic importance: grapes, wine, raisins
Diagnostic characteristics: woody, climbing by tendrils, infl. opposite
leaves, fruit a berry
