One of the approximately 30 American species or wild vines, which is native to the southeastern United States, particularly in the states of Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. Common synonyms include Big Summer Grape, Pine Wood Grape, Post Oak Grape, Sand Grape, South Western Aestivalis, Turkey Grape, and Vine Wood Grape. Botanical synonyms are Vitis lincecumii Buckley, Vitis lincecumii var. Lactea small, and Vitis lincecumii var. Glauco Munson. The vine has good resistance against the grape phylloxera.
There is a great similarity with the species Vitis aestivalis, but the species has slightly larger berries and seeds. The US researcher Umaldy Theodore Waterfall (1910-1971) suggested in his work "Keys to the Flora of Oklahoma" that a distinction between the two species should be omitted. This was accepted, and one of the three varieties of Vitis aestivalis is now called Vitis aestivalis.
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