Vitis shuttleworthii is a North American liana (woody vine) in the grape family commonly known as the calloose grape or bear grape (alternatively referred as calusa grape). The name refers to the group of Native American people that resided in southwest Florida, the Calusa. It is native to south and central Florida, with isolated populations in southern Alabama.Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
The species was first described in 1887 using the name Vitis coriacea.Planchon, Jules Émile in Candolle, Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de & Candolle, Anne Casimir Pyramus de 1887. Monographiae Phanerogamarum 5(2): 345 description in Latin, commentary in French However, this name had already been used for an Asian plant,Miquel, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm 1863. Annales Musei Botanici Lugduno-Batavi 1: 78 in Latin so it was necessary to coin another name of the American species, now called V. shuttleworthii.House, Homer Doliver. 1921. American Midland Naturalist 7(4–5): 129
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External links Plants of the World Online: Vitis shuttleworthii Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants: Vitis shuttleworthii Flora of North America: Vitis shuttleworthii Institute for Regional Conservation, Floristic Inventory of South Florida: Vitis shuttleworthii Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Vitis shuttleworthii International Plant Names Index: Vitis shuttleworthii United States Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service - Plant Database: Vitis shuttleworthii Native American Ethnobotany: Vitis shuttleworthii Vitis shuttleworthii (Bear Grape) Tropicos: Vitis shuttleworthii The Plant List: Vitis shuttleworthii Eat the Weeds and Other Things Too, Grapes of Path Dave's Garden: Vitis shuttleworthii