Taxon:  Vitis vinifera L.



Summary
Genus:
Vitis
Subgenus:
Vitis
Family:
Vitaceae
Subfamily:
Vitoideae
Nomen number:
41905
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:202.  1753
Verified:
08/06/2002 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
812 (215  active, 84  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Vitis vinifera L. subsp. sylvestris Hegi (82 active accession[s])
Vitis vinifera L. subsp. vinifera (1497 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Vitis vinifera L. var. vinifera

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
  2. Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
  3. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  4. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  5. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
  6. Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage
  7. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  8. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  9. Hackett, C. & J. Carolane. 1982. Edible Horticultural Crops Academic Press.
  10. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  11. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  12. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
  13. Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption
  14. Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
  15. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  16. Luo, S. et al. 2002. Inheritance of RAPD markers in an interspecific F1 hybrid of grape between Vitis quinquangularis and V. vinifera. Sci. Hort. 93:19-28.
  17. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  18. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  19. Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:134.
  20. Patel, G. I. & H. P. Olmo. 1955. Cytogenetics of Vitis: I. The hybrid of V. vinifera × V. rotundifolia. Amer. J. Bot. 42:141-159.
  21. Personal Care Products Council. International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredient
  22. Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs.
  23. Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
  24. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  25. Song, R.-G. et al. 1998. Ways for selection of brewing grape varieties from Vitis amurentis Rupr.: Interspecific hybridization and its effect. Sci. Agric. Sin. 31:48-55. Note: cites crosses between Vitis amurensis and V. vinifera that were evaluated by several generations
  26. Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala. Note: mentions
  27. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
  28. Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:304.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishcommon grapevine  1Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage
EnglishEuropean grape  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Englishgrape  1McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Englishgrapevine  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Germanechter Weinstock  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage
GermanRebe  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Portuguese (Brazil)uva  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)videira  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Swedishvin  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Koreanpodo  2Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:134.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria   
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco   
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia   
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationDagestan Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran   
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq   
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael   
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria   
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey   
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeMoldova   
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine incl. Krym 
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzechoslovakia  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, SicilyTutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance incl. CorsicaTutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
2Cultivated    cult. worldwide in temperate areas 
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iran, Iraq, Israel, Syria, Turkey
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Turkmenistan
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Czechoslovakia, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Moldova, Ukraine (incl. Krym)
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Romania
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica)
Cultivated (cult. worldwide in temperate areas)

Reference(s)
  1. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
  2. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=41905. Accessed 15 April 2026.