Muscadinia rotundifolia var. munsoniana

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Family:VITACEAE
Species:Muscadinia rotundifolia (Michx.) Small var. munsoniana ((J.H. Simpson ex Planch.) Weakley & Gandhi
Common Name:Munson Grape; Bullace Grape
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Growth Habit:Vine
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
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Plant Notes:Bullace is a native perennial woody vine in the Grape family (Vitaceae). It occurs in the southern third of Alabama. Bullace occurs in floodplain forests along rivers and black-water streams, in hammocks, and in low pine woods. It is a woody vine climbing by un-branched tendrils. The bark is gray in color and tight on young stems. On older stems, it peels in long strips. The pith is continuous through the nodes. Leaves are alternate, petiolate, deciduous, cordate to reniform in outline, with toothed margins. The leaves are glabrous above and glabrous below or with hairs along the veins or in the axils of the veins. Flowers are produced in panicles from the axils of the leaves. The flowers are greenish-yellow in color and not showy. The fruit is a leathery berry with 1-4 seed. Bullace is closely related to, and intergrades into the familiar Muscadine or Scuppernong (Vitis rotundifolia Michaux var. rotundifolia). It differs primarily in the number of berries per cluster (12-30 compared to 2-8 in Muscadine), and the size of the berries (8-12 mm in diameter compared to 9+ mm in Muscadine). The word “Bullace” appears to be from the Old French word “buloce”, a term used to describe a wild plum with small, sweet, purple-black fruit. Bullace fruit are edible and are gathered by locals for jelly and wine or eaten fresh. They are also consumed by a variety of wildlife from birds to mammals. Bullace was at one time listed as a S1 species in Alabama (typically 5 or fewer occurrences, very few remaining individuals, acres, or miles of stream, or some factor of its biology making it especially vulnerable in the state), but has since been de-listed due to additional populations being discovered.--A. Diamond & B. Keener
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Status:Native, G5 (Global Rank)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyVITACEAE - Grape family
Genus Muscadinia
Species Muscadinia rotundifolia (Michx.) Small var. munsoniana ((J.H. Simpson ex Planch.) Weakley & Gandhi - Munson Grape; Bullace Grape

Citation

Citation Muscadinia rotundifolia (Michaux) Small var. munsoniana (J.H. Simpson ex Planchon) Weakley & Gandhi, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 5(2): 452. 2011.
Basionym: Vitis munsoniana J.H. Simpson ex Planch. 1887.
Type: USA: FLORIDA: Manatee Co.: Along Manatee River, 1883, 1885, 1887 by J. H. Simpson, cult. in Texas, 1890, Munson s.n. (lectotype: PH). Lectotypified by M.O. Moore, Sida 14: 345. 1991.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Muscadinia munsoniana Muscadinia munsoniana (J. H. Simpson ex Planchon) Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 757, 1335. 1903.Vitis munsoniana J. H. Simpson ex Planchon 1887. 
Vitis munsoniana Vitis munsoniana J. H. Simpson ex Planchon, in Alph. de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 5: 615. 1887. FLORIDA: Manatee Co.: Along Manatee River, 1883, 1885, 1887 by J. H. Simpson, cult. in Texas, 1890, Munson s.n. (lectotype: PH). Lectotypified by M. O. Moore, Sida 14: 345. 1991.
Vitis rotundifolia var. munsoniana Vitis rotundifolia Michaux, var. munsoniana (J. H. Simpson ex Planchon) M. O. Moore, Sida 14: 345. 1991.Vitis munsoniana J. H. Simpson ex Planchon 1887. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Calhoun, Conecuh, Covington, Geneva, Mobile

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, JSU, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1965 - 1966

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
USAM000015585 Baldwin 08 Jul 1967 LeLong, Michel G.
4110		 USAM
Vitis rotundifolia Michaux var. munsoniana (Simpson ex Munson) M.O. Moore
UWAL0002909 Baldwin 02 Sep 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21557		 UWAL
Muscadinia rotundifolia (Michaux) Small var. munsoniana (J.H. Simpson ex Planchon) Weakley & Gandhi
UNA00027887 Mobile 30 May 1966 Deramus, Rebecca
D923		 UNA
Vitis rotundifolia Michx. var. munsoniana (Simpson ex Munson) M.O. Moore
TROY000045387 Covington 15 Aug 2008 Schotz, Alfred
2092		 TROY
Vitis rotundifolia Michaux var. munsoniana (Simpson ex Munson) M.O. Moore
UWAL0008465 Conecuh 27 Jun 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22272		 UWAL
Muscadinia rotundifolia (Michaux) Small var. munsoniana (J.H. Simpson ex Planchon) Weakley & Gandhi
TROY000032673 Conecuh 27 Jun 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22272		 TROY
Vitis rotundifolia Michaux var. munsoniana (Simpson ex Munson) M.O. Moore
ALNHS00008536 Mobile 12 Oct 2023 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#6217		 ALNHS
Muscadinia munsoniana (Simpson) Small
ALNHS00006461 Baldwin 07 Nov 2018 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4248		 ALNHS
Muscadinia rotundifolia (Michx.) Small var. munsoniana (J.H. Simpson) Weakley & Ghandhi
ALNHS00000765 Baldwin 13 Sep 2011 Barger, T. Wayne
Perd-716		 ALNHS
Muscadinia rotundifolia (Michx.) Small var. munsoniana (Simpson) M.O. Moore
UNA00027882 Mobile 10 Apr 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
D359		 UNA
Vitis rotundifolia Michx. var. munsoniana (Simpson ex Munson) M.O. Moore
TROY000044614 Geneva 17 Aug 2017 Byrd, Cameron
1423		 TROY
Muscadinia rotundifolia (Michx.) Small var. munsoniana (J.H. Simpson ex Planchon) Weakley &Gandhi
TROY000032413 Baldwin 02 Sep 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21557		 TROY
Vitis rotundifolia Michaux var. munsoniana (Simpson ex Munson) M.O. Moore
JSU146039 Calhoun 21 May 1992 Hutchinson, Francine
1491		 JSU
Muscadinia rotundifolia (Michaux) Small var. munsoniana (J.H. Simpson ex Planchon) Weakley & Gandhi
TROY000009818 Baldwin 26 Jun 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16585		 TROY
Vitis rotundifolia Michaux var. munsoniana (Simpson ex Munson) M.O. Moore
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