Genus. 



Scheme of Classification of American Grapes 



According to natural relationships as nearly as possible, by T. V. Munson. 

 Sections. Groups. Series. Species. 



f 



Macrocarpit. 



Munson. 



Fr nit medium to 

 large. 



fEuvitis. 



Planch. ( 



Bark striate, fi- 

 brous, shedding 

 in threads or 

 plates; tendrils 

 f>>ked, cluster 

 thyrsoid, seeds 

 pyriform, not 

 wrinkled. 



Young ma t ure 

 wood, has pith 

 with diaphragm 

 in the node. 



Vitis. 



Tournefort. 

 (In part) 



Vinos climbing by 

 tendrils opposite 

 the leaves. 



Corolla shedding 

 as a wheel- 

 shaped cap. 



Ge_nerallj dios- 

 cious in w i 1 d 

 nature, the 

 female flowers 

 having short 

 recurved s t a - 

 mens and not 

 self-fertile. 



Many hermaph- 

 rodite varieties 

 self-fertile have 

 been produced 

 under cultiva- 

 tion. 



Pseudovitis, 



or 

 Lenti- 



cellosis. 



Munson. 



Bark lenticose, 

 non-fibrous. 



Young mature 

 wood without 

 pith, hence has 

 no diaphragm. 



Microcarpse. 



Munson. 

 Fruit small. 



5 Cinera- 

 scentes. 



Planch. 



Conical a n d Coin- 

 pound clusters with 

 very small, delicious 

 berries, ripe very 

 late. 



i) Cordifolijie. 



Planch. 



Leaves medium to 

 small, smooth, shin- 

 ing both sides. 



Fruit ripe very late. 



7 Occidentales. 



Munson. 



Small t o medium 

 leaves, small or 

 medium clusters and 

 berries ripe late. 



8 Precoces. 



Munson.. 



Small to medium 

 leaves, small, ample, 

 shouldered compact 

 clusters, ripe early. 

 juice very dark 

 violet color. 



r 10 lilaiiooii. Munson. 

 Guadalajara Grain 



11 Caribnea. D. C. 



West Indies, Central America. 



12a Cinerea. Engelmann. 



Ashy-Leaf or Sweet Winter Grape. 



12b Cinerea, var. Floridana. Munson. 



! 13 Berlamlieri. Planchon. 

 Little Mountain Grape. 



14 TSaileynna. Munson. 

 Opossum Grape. 



1.3 Cordifolia. Michuiix. 



Frost, or Sour Winter Grape. 



16 Rubra. Michx. (Palmata, Engel.) 

 Cat Bird Grape. 



17 Monticola. Buckley. 



Sweet Mountain Grap-. 



is ralit'ornica. Ben; ham. 

 N. California Grape. 



10 Oircliaiia. Munscn. 

 S. California Grape. 



20 Arizonica. Engelmann. 



Hairy-leaved Gulch Grape. 



21 Treleasei. Mnnsnn. 

 Sraooth-teaved Gulch <irape. 



' A'ulpina. L. (Riparia, Michx. 

 (Palmata, Yahlj 

 Riverside Grape. 

 'i::5 i.oiigii, ("Solonis"), restored by 



Builey. Prince. 

 Bush Grape, Texas Panhandle. 

 24 Rupestri*. Scheele. 



Rock Grape, July Grape. 



Chiri 



Simpleses. 



Munson. 



Tendrils not forked, 

 clusters cymose. 



Kutundifulia. Michaux. 

 Southern Muscadine. 



f 9 Muscadinia. 



Planch. 



{ Seeds ellipsoidal and { 



wrinkled around the I 26 iviunsoniana. Simpson.. 



chalaza and depres- Bird Grape, or Everbearing Grape. 



l_ sions. I 



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