Genus Vitis L.


Summary
Genus number:
12735
Last updated:
2 July 2011
Family:
Vitaceae
Subfamily:
Vitoideae
Common name(s):

grape
Accession count:

8205 (5052  active, 4168  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
all accepted species are in GRIN


Synonyms
Synonym(s)

Subdivisions of Vitis L.
Subgenus
Muscadinia
Vitis
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References:
  1. Aradhya, M. et al. 2008. Genetic structure, differentiation, and phylogeny of the genus Vitis: implications for genetic conservation. Acta Hort. 799:43-49.
  2. Nie, Z.‐L. et al. 2023. Climate‐influenced boreotropical survival and rampant introgressions explain the thriving of New World grapes in the north temperate zone. J. Integr. Pl. Biol. 1-21. DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13466. Note: supports a monophyletic Vits including Neotropical species of Ampelocissus
  3. Zecca, G. et al. 2012. The timing and the mode of evolution of wild grapes (Vitis). Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 62:736-747. Note: supports a monophyletic genus and current subgeneric division: subg. Muscadinia and subg. Vitis
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/taxonomygenus?id=12735. Accessed 15 April 2026.