Vitis tiliifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vitales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Ordo: Vitales

Familia: Vitaceae
Subfamilia: Vitoideae
Tribus: Viteae
Genus: Vitis
Subgenus: V. subg. Vitis
Species: Vitis tiliifolia

Name

Vitis tiliifolia Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 5: 320. (1819) as tiliaefolia

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Vitis vinifera var. tiliifolia (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1:132 (1891)
• Heterotypic
  • Vitex caribaea Benth., Bot. Go. Sulfur: 10 (1844), sphalm.
  • Vitis acuminata Oerst., Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1856: 37 (1856)
  • Vitis arachnoidea Oerst., Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1856: 37 (1856)
  • Vitis caribaea DC., Prodr. 1:634 (1824)
  • Vitis glomerata Raf., Med. Fl. 2: 142 (1830)
  • Vitis havanica Regel, Cat. Pl. Hort. Aksakov.: 146 (1860)
  • Vitis intramarginalis Baker ex Jenman, J. Bot. 15:266 (1877)
  • Vitis maritima Raf., Med. Fl. 2: 142 (1830)
  • Vitis vinifera var. caribaea (DC.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1:132 (1891)
  • Vitis vinifera var. denticulata Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1:132 (1891)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico Regional: Northern South America Venezuela Regional: Western South America Colombia, Ecuador References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. 1819. Caroli a Linné equitis Systema Vegetabilium secundum classes ordines genera species. Cum characteribus, differentiis et synonymiis. Editio nova, speciebus inde ab editione XV. detectis aucta et locupletata. Vol. 5. VIII+LII+632 pp., corr. Sumtibus J. G. Cottae, Stuttgardtiae [Stuttgart]. BHL Reference page.  p. 320.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Vitis tiliifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Jan. 31. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Vitis tiliifolia. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 31 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Vitis tiliifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Jan. 2024.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Vitis tiliifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: Caribbean grape, West Indian grape, water vine, water tie-tie, water-wise