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Wild Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L. Subsp. Sylvestris (C.C. Gmelin) Hegi) – Novel Species to the Israeli Flora

Oshrit Rahimi
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Jotham Ziffer Berger
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Ilana Shtein
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Mafatlal M. Kher
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Suembikya Frumin
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Sariel Hübner
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Ehud Weiss
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Elyashiv Drori
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Version 1 : Received: 31 July 2023 / Approved: 1 August 2023 / Online: 2 August 2023 (08:26:33 CEST)
Version 2 : Received: 17 August 2023 / Approved: 18 August 2023 / Online: 18 August 2023 (11:22:39 CEST)

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Rahimi, O.; Berger, J.Z.; Shtein, I.; Kher, M.M.; Frumin, S.; Hübner, S.; Weiss, E.; Drori, E. Wild Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L. subsp. sylvestris (C.C. Gmelin) Hegi)—Novel Species to the Israeli Flora. Horticulturae 2023, 9, 998. Rahimi, O.; Berger, J.Z.; Shtein, I.; Kher, M.M.; Frumin, S.; Hübner, S.; Weiss, E.; Drori, E. Wild Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L. subsp. sylvestris (C.C. Gmelin) Hegi)—Novel Species to the Israeli Flora. Horticulturae 2023, 9, 998.

Abstract

The wild grapevine, Vitis vinifera subsp. sylvestris grows naturally throughout the northern hemisphere, including the Mediterranean region. Wild grapevines were also observed sporadically across the southern Levant and have been considered a non-native feral plant. Nevertheless, no formal characterization was conducted for wild grapevines in this region; thus, its taxonomical assignment remains elusive. Previously we have shown that the wild grapevine populations growing in northern Israel are genetically separated from the feral domesticated forms. The aim of this work was to comprehensively describe the morphological, anatomical, and ecological traits of wild grapevines naturally thriving in two distinct habitats in Israel. The dioicous nature of the wild grapevine, as well as their flower and pollen morphology, their characteristic sylvestris fruit and seed morphology, in addition to the occurrence of natural germination of seeds in close vicinity to the mother plant, all lead to our conclusion that these plants belong to Vitis vinifera subsp. Sylvestris, and should be included in the Flora Palaestina. These findings, combined with the recently-published genetic evidence for these populations significantly advance our understanding of the species' ecology and persistence under climate change.

Keywords

Israeli flora; morphological characterization; sylvestris; Vitis; Vitis vinifera subsp. sylvestris; wild grapevine species persistence

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Horticulture

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Comment 1
Received: 18 August 2023
Commenter: Mafatlal Kher
Commenter's Conflict of Interests: Author
Comment: Name of Author should be corrected on the metadata entry of Preprint:
Jotham Ziffer Berger (Correct name);
Revised manuscript is updated here based on reviewer suggestion
Manuscript ID: horticulturae-2562636 (MDPI)
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