Vitis monticola

Mountain grape
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Vitales
Family: Vitaceae
Genus: Vitis
Species: V. monticola
Binomial name
Vitis monticola
Buckley [1]

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]

References

  1. 1 2  Species was first published in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 13:450. 1862 ("1861") GRIN (May 23, 2009). "Vitis monticola information from NPGS/GRIN". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved May 17, 2010.


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