Vitis vinifera, the common grape vine, is a species of flowering plant, native to the Mediterranean region, Central Europe, and southwestern Asia, from Morocco and Portugal north to southern Germany and east to northern Iran. As of 2012, there were between 5,000 and 10,000 varieties of Vitis vinifera grapes though only a few are of commercial significance for wine and table grape production.
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Is it poisonous?
Considered toxic. Public sources list it as such; we have not verified this individually. The note covers its whole genus. Potentially toxic to dogs, although the precise mechanism is not fully understood. See grape and raisin toxicity in dogs Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Ampelopsis humulifolia
- Vitis californica — considered toxic
- Vitis vulpina — considered toxic
- Vitis rupestris — considered toxic
- Vitis acerifolia — considered toxic
- Vitis riparia — considered toxic
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Vitales
- Family
- Vitaceae
- Genus
- Vitis
- Species
- Vitis vinifera
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