About Vitis vinifera

Vitis vinifera, the common grape vine, is a species of flowering plant, native to the Mediterranean region, Central Europe, and southwestern Asia, from Morocco and Portugal north to southern Germany and east to northern Iran. As of 2012, there were between 5,000 and 10,000 varieties of Vitis vinifera grapes though only a few are of commercial significance for wine and table grape production.

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More information General information about this species can be found in Wikipedia

References

• Shi, X., Cao, S., Wang, X., Huang, S., Wang, Y., Liu, Z., Liu, W., Leng, X., Peng, Y., Wang, N., et al. (2023) The complete reference genome for grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) genetics and breeding. Horticulture Research, Volume 10, Issue 5, uhad061.(https://doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhad061).

Taxonomy ID 29760

Data source Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen

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