Vitis viniferaL.

Wild Grapewine grape

WFO wfo-0000421791 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Vitis vinifera, photographed by Liubov Ilminska
fig. a Liubov Ilminska, CC0 1.0 / 2022-06-10 / obs. 204966792
Vitis vinifera, photographed by Yann Kemper
fig. b Yann Kemper, CC0 1.0 / obs. 204157265
Vitis vinifera, photographed by Marino Linić
fig. c Marino Linić, CC0 1.0 / obs. 203870971
Vitis vinifera, photographed by Yann Kemper
fig. d Yann Kemper, CC0 1.0 / obs. 203294160
Vitis vinifera, photographed by Quentin Groom
fig. e Quentin Groom, CC0 1.0 / obs. 197462364
Vitis vinifera, photographed by Thomas Koffel
fig. f Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 196856675
Vitis vinifera, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. g Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 191787346
Vitis vinifera, photographed by Danielle
fig. h Danielle, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184134564

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Native range 30 botanical countries

Regions where Vitis vinifera is native: Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Kirgizstan, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Switzerland, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine CyprusIranIraqKirgizstanLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusPalestineTadzhikistanTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanUzbekistanAlbaniaAustriaBulgariaCorseCzechia-SlovakiaFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryItalyKrymNW. Balkan Pen.RomaniaSiciliaSwitzerlandTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine Sardegna
Native distribution of Vitis vinifera, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Bulgaria BUL
Corse COR
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
France FRA
Germany GER
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Romania ROM
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Switzerland SWI
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Palestine PAL
Tadzhikistan TZK
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Uzbekistan UZB

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 166 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Cissus vinifera (L.) Kuntze
  • Maerklinia viridis Bronner
  • Noachia macrophylla Bronner
  • Palatina dichotoma Bronner
  • Palatina dissecta Bronner
  • Palatina macrocarpa Bronner
  • Palatina oblonga Bronner
  • Palatina septemloba Bronner
  • Palatina sinuata Bronner
  • Palatina sylvestris Bronner
  • Palatina tilicefolia Bronner
  • Palatina wisilocensis Bronner
  • Schamsia ligustrica Bronner
  • Sickleria brevicirrhata Bronner
  • Thalesia rubrivenia Bronner
  • Tyrtamia revoluta Bronner
  • Vitis apiana Raf.
  • Vitis apiifolia Steud.
  • Vitis apiifolia unranked laciniosa Paul
  • Vitis apyrena Schult.
  • Vitis bosturgaiensis Vassilcz.
  • Vitis cebennensis Jord.
  • Vitis corinthiaca Raf.
  • Vitis cylindrica Raf.

and 142 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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