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What is the commonality of the species Vitis amurensis, Vitis coignetiae and Vitis ficifolia?
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Asian vines
In grapevines, only the genus (genus) Vitis is of importance for viticulture. The genus Vitis is divided into the two subgenera Vitis sub g. Euvitis (60 species) and Vitis subg. Muscadinia (1 species). Vitis subg. Euvitis is divided into a European, an American and an Asian group according to geographical occurrence. The latter is the designation for all wild vines originating from Asia with around 30 subspecies. Several new subspecies have been described from China in recent years. The most important for viticulture are
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