The Families of Flowering Plants L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz Vitidaceae Juss. Vitaceae Including Cissaceae Horan. Habit and leaf form . Mesophytic, or xerophytic. Heterophyllous, or not heterophyllous.
Leaves stipulate .
Leaves without a persistent basal meristem. Leaf anatomy . Lamina dorsiventral, or centric. The mesophyll crystals raphides, druses, and solitary-prismatic. Stem anatomy .