Family: Vitaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Vine
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Southeastern United States and the Bahamas.
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Secure
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
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When recognizing both
Vitis munsoniana and
V. rotundifolia, most Vitis (or alternatively Muscadina) found in peninsular Florida should be designated as
Vitis munsoniana (Rogers & Mortenson, 1979; Talavera et al., 2023). However, distinguishing between these two species based on vegetative characteristics is nearly impossible, as the size of mature fruits is needed to make a proper identification.
Vits munsoniana is distinguished by its infructescence of 12-30 dark purple-black berries that are <1cm wide, which lack lenticels, and have seeds <7mm long, while
V. rotundifolia, primarily of the Panhandle, has an infructescence of 2-8 bronze-purple berries that are usually >1.5 cm wide, often lenticellate, and have seeds >7 mm long.
Vitis munsoniana var.
pygmaea, with small leaf blades 2-3.5 cm wide, occurs in scrub habitat in Highlands and Polk Cos (Ward, 2006). See also
Atlas of Florida Plants.
