Vitis vinifera subsp. sylvestris (C.C. Gmel.) Hegi
Taxon info
Vitis vinifera subsp. sylvestris, the wild progenitor of the cultivated grapevine, is presumably native in damp woods in SE Europe and eastwards to Caucasus. It is a woody climber scrambling over trees and shrubs in ravines and river-banks, particularly in N Greece. It is generally dioecious (male and female flowers on separate plants) and has small, sour grapes. As with the olive, Olea europaea (Plate 17: 4), it is often difficult to distinguish between native plants and those naturalized from domestic stock.A
A. Dimopoulos, P., Raus, Th., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, Th., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A. & Tzanoudakis, D. 2013: Vascular plants of Greece: An annotated checklist. 31: p. 364 [Plate 24.9]
Distribution
GR(IoI NPi SPi Pe StE EC NC NE NAe WAe Kik KK EAe)
Greece (East Aegean islands present; East Central Greece present; Ionian Islands present; Kiklades present; Kriti and Karpathos present; North Aegean islands present; North Central Greece present; North Pindos present; North-East Greece present; Peloponnisos present; South Pindos present; Sterea Ellas present; West Aegean islands present)