Taxon: Vitis aestivalis Michx. var. aestivalis

See other conspecific taxa:

• Vitis aestivalis (46 accessions)
• Vitis aestivalis var. bicolor (4 accessions)
• Vitis aestivalis var. lincecumii (12 accessions)

Common names:

• summer grape   (Source: Aquat SE US ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Gene sources: potential for crop quality in wine grape   (fide Camargo et al. 2007 (as Vitis gigas and V. smalliana) for table grape berry qualities)
  
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of wine grape   (as a parental species in complex hybrids for fruit quality breeding fide HortScience 24:547-548. 1989)
  

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas

References:

• Aradhya, M. et al. 2008. Genetic structure, differentiation, and phylogeny of the genus Vitis: implications for genetic conservation. Acta Hort. 799:43–49. [as V. aestivalis var. smalliana].
• Brown, R. G. & M. L. Brown. 1972. Woody plants of Maryland.
• Camargo, U. et al. 2007. Grapevine breeding for tropical and subtropical environments in Brazil.
• Clark, R. C. 1971. The woody plants of Alabama. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 58:205.
• Comeaux, B. L. et al. 1987. Taxonomic studies of the native grapes of North Carolina. Castanea 52:209.
• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2.
• Godfrey, R. K. & J. W. Wooten. 1979–1981. Aquatic and wetland plants of southeastern United States, 2 vol.
• Halbrooks, M. C. & J. A. Mortensen. 1989. Origin and significance of Florida hybrids bunch grapes and rootstocks. HortScience 24:546–550. [accepts and also cites V. aestivalis subsp. smalliana].
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
• Mohlenbrock, R. H. 1975. Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois.
• Moore, M. O. 1991. Classification and systematics of eastern North American Vitis L. (Vitaceae) north of Mexico. Sida 14:347.
• Péros, J.-P. et al. 2010. Genetic variation and biogeography of the disjunct Vitis subgenus Vitis (Vitaceae). J. Biogeogr. 38:471–486.
• Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
• Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs.
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
• Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri.
• Weakley, A. S. 2011. Flora of the southern and middle Atlantic states.
• Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).

Synonyms:

• (=) Vitis aestivalis var. glauca (Munson) L. H. Bailey
  
• (=) Vitis aestivalis var. smalliana (L. H. Bailey) Comeaux
  
• (=) Vitis gigas J. H. Fennel
  
• (=) Vitis lincecumii var. glauca Munson
  
• (≡) Vitis smalliana L. H. Bailey (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Vitis aestivalis Michx. var. aestivalis:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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