Vitis facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Vitis Temporal range: 60Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Paleocene- Recent
Vitis californica with fruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Vitales
Family:	Vitaceae
Genus:	Vitis L.
Species
Vitis vinifera Vitis acerifolia Vitis aestivalis Vitis amazonica Vitis amurensis Vitis arizonica Vitis berlandieri Vitis californica Vitis × champinii Vitis cinerea Vitis coignetiae Vitis × doaniana Vitis girdiana Vitis labrusca Vitis lincecumii Vitis munsoniana Vitis muscadinia Vitis mustangensis Vitis × novae-angliae Vitis palmata Vitis riparia Vitis rotundifolia Vitis rupestris Vitis shuttleworthii Vitis tiliifolia

Vitis is a genus of about 60 species of vining plants in the flowering plant family Vitaceae. The genus is made up of species most often found in the Northern hemisphere. It is economically important as the source of grapes, both for direct consumption of the fruit and for fermentation to produce wine. The cultivation of grapevines is called viticulture. A farm or garden where grapes are grown is a vineyard.

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  A grape vine growing in a vineyard

Images for kids

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  Developing inflorescences of Vitis vinifera

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  Vitis coignetiae with autumn leaves

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  Vitis for producing Sherry at Jerez.