Vitis monticola

Mountain grape

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Vitales
Family: Vitaceae
Genus: Vitis
Species:
V. monticola
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]

  1. ^ a b  Species was first published in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 13:450. 1862 ("1861") "Vitis monticola". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved May 17, 2010.