One of around 30 American species or wild vines with the full botanical name Vitis labrusca L.. It was already described in 1753 by the Swedish naturalist Carl von Linné (1707-1778) in his new nomenclature (the L. in the botanical name refers to him). However, he was referring to the description by the Swiss botanist Caspar Bauhin (1560-1624) as "Vitis sylvestris virginiana" from 1623. Vitis labrusca is the longest known American wild vine. As early as the beginning of the 17th century, pioneers in the USA tried unsuccessfully to produce edible wine from it. Together with the two species Vitis mustangensis and Vitis shuttleworthii, it forms the Labruscae group.
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