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]
| Mountain grape | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Vitales |
| Family: | Vitaceae |
| Genus: | Vitis |
| Species: | V. monticola |
| Binomial name | |
| Vitis monticola | |
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References
- 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.
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