What is Vitis?
{{italic title}} {{for|the town in Austria|Vitis, Austria}} {{Taxobox | name = ''Vitis'' | fossil_range = {{fossil range|60}}[[Paleocene]]- Recent | image = Vitis californica with grapes.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = ''Vitis californica'' with fruit | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Vitales]] | familia = [[Vitaceae]] | genus = '''''Vitis''''' | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision = *''[[Vitis vinifera]]'' *''[[Vitis acerifolia]]'' *''[[Vitis aestivalis]]'' *''[[Vitis amazonica]]'' *''[[Vitis amurensis]]'' *''[[Vitis arizonica]]'' *''[[Vitis berlandieri]]'' *''[[Vitis californica]]'' *''[[Vitis × champinii]]'' *''[[Vitis cinerea]]'' *''[[Vitis coignetiae]]'' *''[[Vitis × doaniana]]'' *''[[Vitis girdiana]]'' *''[[Vitis labrusca]]'' *''[[Vitis lincecumii]]'' *''[[Vitis munsoniana]]'' *''[[Vitis muscadinia]]'' *''[[Vitis mustangensis]]'' *''[[Vitis × novae-angliae]]'' *''[[Vitis palmata]]'' *''[[Vitis riparia]]'' *''[[Vitis rotundifolia]]'' *''[[Vitis rupestris]]'' *''[[Vitis shuttleworthii]]'' *''[[Vitis tiliifolia]]'' }} '''''Vitis''''' is a [[genus]] of about 60 [[species]] of vining plants in the [[flowering plant]] family [[Vitaceae]]. The genus is made up of species most often found in the Northern hemisphere. It is economically important as the source of [[grape]]s, both for direct consumption of the fruit and for fermentation to produce [[wine]]. The cultivation of grapevines is called [[viticulture]]. A [[farm]] or [[garden]] where grapes are grown is a [[vineyard]]. <gallery> File:Vitis vinifera 001.jpg|A grape vine growing in a [[vineyard]] </gallery> {{commons category|Vitis}} {{wikispecies|Vitis}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Vitaceae]]