Vitis monticola
Mountain grape | |
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Apparently Secure (NatureServe) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Vitales |
Family: | Vitaceae |
Genus: | Vitis |
Species: | V. monticola
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Binomial name | |
Vitis monticola |
Vitis monticola, commonly known as mountain grape, or sweet mountain grape, is a North American species of wild grape native to Texas. It is important to grape growers for its resistance to drought; a quality exploited both genetically in hybridization, and in grafting.[1]
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- ^ Jump up to: a b Species was first published in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 13:450. 1862 ("1861") "Vitis monticola". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved May 17, 2010.
Categories:
- NatureServe apparently secure species
- Vitis
- Plants described in 1862
- Flora of Texas
- Vitaceae stubs