Vitis shuttleworthii is a North American liana (woody vine) in the grape family commonly known as the calloose grape or bear grape (alternatively referred as calusa grape). The name refers to the group of Native American people that resided in southwest FL, the Calusa. It is native to south and central Florida, with isolated populations in southern Alabama.[2][3]
| Bear grape | |
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| Bear grape at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Brevard County, Florida | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Vitales |
| Family: | Vitaceae |
| Genus: | Vitis |
| Species: | V. shuttleworthii
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| Binomial name | |
| Vitis shuttleworthii | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Vitis coriacea Shuttlew. ex Planch. (1887) not Michx. (1803) | |
The species was first described in 1887 using the name Vitis coriacea.[4] However, this name had already been used for an Asian plant,[5] so it was necessary to coin another name of the American species, now called V. shuttleworthii.[6][2]
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References edit
- ^ Tropicos, Vitis shuttleworthii House
- ^ a b "Vitis shuttleworthii". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Planchon, Jules Émile in Candolle, Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de & Candolle, Anne Casimir Pyramus de 1887. Monographiae Phanerogamarum 5(2): 345 description in Latin, commentary in French
- ^ Miquel, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm 1863. Annales Musei Botanici Lugduno-Batavi 1: 78 in Latin
- ^ House, Homer Doliver. 1921. American Midland Naturalist 7(4–5): 129
External links edit
- Plants of the World Online: Vitis shuttleworthii
- Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants: Vitis shuttleworthii
- Flora of North America: Vitis shuttleworthii
- Institute for Regional Conservation, Floristic Inventory of South Florida: Vitis shuttleworthii
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Vitis shuttleworthii
- International Plant Names Index: Vitis shuttleworthii
- United States Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service - Plant Database: Vitis shuttleworthii
- Native American Ethnobotany: Vitis shuttleworthii
- Vitis shuttleworthii (Bear Grape)
- Tropicos: Vitis shuttleworthii
- The Plant List: Vitis shuttleworthii
- Eat the Weeds and Other Things Too, Grapes of Path
- Dave's Garden: Vitis shuttleworthii
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