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Mustang Grape

Name for the vine species Vitis mustangensis; see there.

Vitis mustangensis One of about 30 American species or wild vines with the full botanical name Vitis mustangensis Buckl. It was first described in 1845 by the German botanist Georg Engelmann (1809-1884) and then in 1861 by the US biologist Samuel Buckley under its present name. The species name Vitis mustangensis is derived from the American wild horse. A botanical synonym is Vitis candicans, which is still frequently mentioned in older sources. Together with the two species Vitis labrusca and Vitis shuttleworthii the group Labruscae is formed.

The vine is mainly native to the US states of Alabama,...

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