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Grape variety

The grapevine originated in Transcaucasia and, according to the latest research, possibly also in south-east Anatolia in Turkey near the biblical Mount Ararat. As with most useful plants, there are also many varieties of grapevines, which are known as cultivars. The morphological description can be found under the heading vine. The science of describing grape varieties is called ampelography (grape variety science). Botanical taxonomy (hierarchical systematics based on relationships) is described under vine systematics. Over the course of thousands of years, thousands of new grape varieties have been created through spontaneous (natural) crossing and sowing, random mutations and, from the 19th century onwards, through targeted new breeding. Primarily, they are always the result of fertilised seeds that have reached the soil or targeted seed sowing, i.e. they are the products of generative (sexual) propagation.

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