Trivial synonym for the American grapevine species Vitis cinerea; see there.
One of the approximately 30 American species or wild vines with the full botanical name Vitis cinerea Engelm. ex Millardet. There is a similarity with the species Vitis aestivalis and in the 19th century the two were still equated or cinerea was regarded as an aestivalis variety. It was not until the German botanist Georg Engelmann (1809-1884) classified Vitis cinerea as an independent species in 1880. Therefore, both Georg Engelmann and the French phylloxera pioneer Alexis Millardet (1838-1902) are cited in the botanical name. Today the species is divided into the following varieties:
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