1. Nekemias arborea (L.) J. Wen & Boggan comb. nov. Figure 1 A–B

Vitis arborea L., Sp. Pl. 1: 203. 1753. Basionym

Ampelopsis bipinnata Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 160. 1803, nom. illeg.

Cissus stans Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 143. 1805, nom. illeg.

Cissus bipinnata (Michx.) Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 144. 1818, nom. illeg.

Nekemias bipinnata (Michx.) Raf., Sylva Tellur. 87. 1838, nom. illeg.

Vitis bipinnata (Michx.) Torrey & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 243. 1838, nom. illeg.

Cissus arborea (L.) Des Moulins in Durand, Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 24: 156. 1862.

Ampelopsis arborea (L.) Koehne, Deutsch. Dendrol. 400. 1893.

Ampelopsis arborea (L.) Rusby, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 221. 1894, comb. superfl.

Distribution.

USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia) and the Caribbean.