CONTEMPORARY CONCEPT OF THE GRAPEVINE TAXONOMY
Taxonomy of any botanical culture samples, including grapes, performed during sample identification helps record the processes of morphogenesis during natural evolution. According to N.I. Vavilov's theory on the centers of origin of plants, it was in those centers that morphogenesis took place in the process of natural evolution. Despite the fact that knowledge of the diversity of grapes goes back a long way, the most significant studies on the taxonomy of grapes were conducted in the XIX - XX centuries, and continued into the XXI century. It has been recognized across the world that Russian scientists including researches from the Institute Magarach made an immense contribution to the taxonomy of grapes. Having analyzed research on the origin and taxonomy of grapes conducted so far by previous generations of scientists, the authors of the current paper suggest a novel approach to its further development. The studies covered not only the wild-growing and cultivated grapes of Crimea, but cultivars of various eco-geographical groups as well.