Vitis

Latin vitis (“vine”)

Vitis f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Vitaceae – grapes or grapevines.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids - clades; Vitales - order; Vitaceae - family; Vitoideae - subfamily

• (genus): Vitis subg. Muscadinia, Vitis subg. Vitis - subgenera
  • Vitis vinifera (wine grape) - type species; Vitis aestivalis (summer grape), Vitis amurensis (Amur grape), Vitis arizonica (canyon grape), Vitis berlandieri (fall grape), Vitis californica (California wild grape), Vitis cinerea (ashy grape), Vitis coignetiae (crimson glory vine), Vitis flexuosa (creeping grape), Vitis girdiana (desert wild grape), Vitis labrusca (fox grape), Vitis mustangensis (mustang grape), Vitis palmata (cat grape), Vitis riparia (riverbank grape), Vitis rotundifolia, Vitis rupestris (rock grape, sand grape), Vitis vulpina (winter grape, frost grape) - selected species

• Vitis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Vitis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Vitis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Vitis at USDA Plants database

First mentioned 1150 as Vitisse. Probably of Slavic origin, related to the personal name BytišƄ.

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Vitis n (proper noun, genitive Vitis' or (with an article) Vitis)

1. A municipality of Lower Austria, Austria

• Elisabeth Schuster: Die Etymologie der niederösterreichischen Ortsnamen, 2. Teil, 1990.