Ampelozizyphus

Ampelozizyphus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rhamnaceae
Tribe:	Ampelozizipheae; J.E.Richardson
Genus:	Ampelozizyphus; Ducke

Ampelozizyphus is a genus of plants in the family Rhamnaceae. It includes two species Ampelozizyphus amazonicus, which is known from Amazonian Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil, and , native to the central portion of the Coastal Cordillera of Venezuela.

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Diniz, Lúcio Ricardo Leite; Santana, Paula Carvalho; Ribeiro, Ana Paula Araújo Ferreira; Portella, Viviane Gomes; Pacheco, Lílian Fernanda; Meyer, Nádia Burkowski; César, Isabela Costa; Cosenza, Gustavo Pereira; et al. (June 2009). "Effect of triterpene saponins from roots of Ampelozizyphus amazonicus Ducke on diuresis in rats". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 123 (2): 275–9. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2009.03.006. PMID 19429372.
Amaral, Ana Claudia F.; Ferreira, José Luiz P.; de Moura, Dominique F.; Carvalho, Junior R.; Ohana, Débora T.; Echevarria, Aurea; do Rosário, Virgilio E.; Lopes, Dinora; de A. Silva, Jefferson Rocha (2008). "Updated studies on Ampelozizyphus amazonicus, a medicinal plant used in the Amazonian Region". Pharmacognosy Reviews. 2 (4): 308–16.
Winfried Meier, Paul E. Berry (2008). "Ampelozizyphus guaquirensis (Rhamnaceae), a new tree species endemic to the Venezuelan Coastal Cordillera". Brittonia. 2 (60): 131–135. doi:10.1007/s12228-008-9011-6.

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