Common Grapevine vs muscadine grape

Vitis vinifera compared with Vitis rotundifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Common Grapevine	muscadine grape
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Vitales (Vitales)	Vitales (Vitales)
Family same	Vitaceae	Vitaceae
Genus same	Vitis	Vitis
Species	Vitis vinifera	Vitis rotundifolia

Evolutionary Relationship

Common Grapevine and muscadine grape share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Vitis.

Conservation Status

Common Grapevine

NE — Not Evaluated

muscadine grape

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Common Grapevine	muscadine grape
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).

muscadine grape

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Spain.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇪🇸 Spain