Vitis lincecumii is a type of grape

Grape

A grape is a non-climacteric fruit, specifically a berry, that grows on the perennial and deciduous woody vines of the genus Vitis. Grapes can be eaten raw or they can be used for making jam, juice, jelly, vinegar, wine, grape seed extracts, raisins, molasses and grape seed oil. Grapes are also...

. It is often referred to by the nicknames: Big Summer Grape, Pine Wood Grape, Post Oak Grape, Sand Grape, South Western Aestivalis, Turkey Grape, and Vine Wood Grape.

Vitis lincecumii is very similar to another type of grape, the Vitis aestivalis

Vitis aestivalis

Vitis aestivalis is a species of grape native to eastern North America from southern Ontario east to Vermont, west to Oklahoma, and south to Florida and Texas. It is a vigorous vine, growing to 10 m or more high in trees...

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Oklahoma

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, U.T. Waterfall notes that "Observations of V. linsecumii and V. aestivalis do not justify separation of these species." The fruits of V. linsecumii type tend to be larger, ranging from 10–25 mm compared to the 4–12 mm fruit of the V. aestivalis. Seeds are often are larger with the V. linsecumii as well, ranging from 5–6 mm, as opposed to just 3–4 mm for the V. aestivalis.

A hybrid of two American

United States

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 species, V. lincecumii and Vitis rupestris

Vitis rupestris

Vitis rupestris is a kind of grape native to the Southern and Western United States that is known by many common names including July, sand, sugar, beach, bush, currant, ingar, rock, and mountain grape. It is used for breeding several French-American hybrids as well as many root stocks. ...

, is Jaeger 70

Jaeger 70

Jaeger 70 is a hybrid of two American species of grape, Vitis lincecumii and Vitis rupestris. It was developed by Hermann Jaeger, of Missouri, who named it Munson after his friend and fellow grape breeder, T.V. Munson, however it is the selection number that has made it into common usage...

. Jaeger 70 is the female progenitor of many French American hybrid grapes

Hybrid grapes

Hybrid grapes are grape varieties that are the product of a crossing of two or more Vitis species. This is in contrast to crossings between grape varieties of the same species, typically Vitis vinifera, the European grapevine. Hybrid grapes are also referred to as inter-specific crossings...

. Unlike most types of Vitis, V. linsecumii can not be easily propagated by dormant cuttings.