Common Grapevine vs Globe Thistle

Vitis vinifera compared with Echinops exaltatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Common Grapevine	Globe Thistle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Vitales (Vitales)	Afrosoricida (Afrosoricida)
Family	Vitaceae	Tenrecidae
Genus	Vitis	Echinops
Species	Vitis vinifera	Echinops exaltatus

Conservation Status

Common Grapevine

NE — Not Evaluated

Globe Thistle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Common Grapevine	Globe Thistle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Common Grapevine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (India, Taiwan, Yemen), Europe (22 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Globe Thistle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found across Europe (13 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

Common Grapevine

<em>Vitis vinifera</em>, commonly known as the common grapevine, is a woody climbing vine belonging to the genus Vitis within the family Vitaceae. This species occupies diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions and has one of the widest cultivated distributions of any plant species. Its range spans Africa, Asia including India, Taiwan, and Yemen, twenty-two European countries, North America, five Oceanian territories, and five South American nations. Common grapevine is assessed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. The species is of enormous agricultural and cultural significance, being the primary source of wine grapes cultivated globally for millennia. Wild populations typically colonize woodland edges and scrubland. Biological traits of this species remain poorly documented in the scientific literature.