Vitis
See also: vitis
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Vitis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Vitaceae – grapes or grapevines.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids - clades; Vitales - order; Vitaceae - family; Vitoideae - subfamily
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Vitis subg. Muscadinia, Vitis subg. Vitis - subgenera
- Vitis vinifera (wine grape) - type species; Vitis aestivalis (summer grape), Vitis amurensis (Amur grape), Vitis arizonica (canyon grape), Vitis berlandieri (fall grape), Vitis californica (California wild grape), Vitis cinerea (ashy grape), Vitis coignetiae (crimson glory vine), Vitis flexuosa (creeping grape), Vitis girdiana (desert wild grape), Vitis labrusca (fox grape), Vitis mustangensis (mustang grape), Vitis palmata (cat grape), Vitis riparia (riverbank grape), Vitis rotundifolia, Vitis rupestris (rock grape, sand grape), Vitis vulpina (winter grape, frost grape) - selected species
References edit
Vitis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Vitis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Vitis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Vitis at USDA Plants database
German edit
Etymology edit
First mentioned 1150 as Vitisse. Probably of Slavic origin, related to the personal name BytišƄ.
Pronunciation edit
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Proper noun edit
Vitis n (proper noun, genitive Vitis' or (with an article) Vitis)
- A municipality of Lower Austria, Austria
References edit
- Elisabeth Schuster: Die Etymologie der niederösterreichischen Ortsnamen, 2. Teil, 1990.