One of the approximately 30 American species or wild vines with the botanical name Vitis cinerea Engelm. ex Millardet. There is a similarity with the species Vitis aestivalis and in the 19th century, both were still equated or the Cinerea was considered a variety of Aestivalis. Only the German botanist Georg Engelmann (1809-1884) classified Vitis cinerea as a distinct species in 1880. Therefore, both Georg Engelmann and the French vine pioneer Alexis Millardet (1838-1902) are mentioned in the botanical name. Today, the species is divided into the following varieties:
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