Grape

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Vitales Family: Vitaceae Genus: Vitis
Species
Vitis acerifolia    Vitis aestivalis    Vitis amurensis    Vitis arizonica    Vitis X bourquina    Vitis californica    Vitis X champinii    Vitis cinerea    Vitis X doaniana    Vitis girdiana    Vitis labrusca    Vitis X labruscana    Vitis monticola    Vitis mustangensis    Vitis X novae-angliae    Vitis palmata    Vitis riparia    Vitis rotundifolia    Vitis rupestris    Vitis shuttleworthii    Vitis tiliifolia    Vitis vinifera    Vitis vulpina Ref. Itis 500017

A grape is the fruit of a vine in the family Vitaceae. It is commonly used for making grape juice, jelly, wine and raisins, and is eaten raw. Many species of grape exist including:

• Vitis vinifera, the European winemaking grapes
• Vitis labrusca, the North American table and grape juice grapes, sometimes used for wine
• Vitis riparia, a wild grape of North America, sometimes used for winemaking
• Vitis rotundifolia, the muscadines, used for jelly and sometimes wine
• Vitis aestivalis, the variety Norton is used for winemaking

Hybrids also exist, primarily crosses of V. vinifera with one or more varieties of V. labrusca, V. riparia or V. aestivalis. Hybrids tend to be less susceptible to frost and disease (notably phylloxera), but their wine has little of the characteristic "foxy" odor of labrusca.

Wild grapes are often considered a nuisance weed as they cover other plants and form thick entangling vines.

See also

• QoI
• strobilurins

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