Ericaceae

Vaccinium L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 349 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Algeria

Native to:

Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burundi, Buryatiya, California, Cambodia, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Cook Is., Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, Florida, France, Føroyar, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Madeira, Magadan, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Manchuria, Manitoba, Marquesas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Samoa, Saskatchewan, Society Is., Solomon Is., South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Svalbard, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is., Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Utah, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Siberia, West Virginia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon, Zaïre

Introduced into:

South Georgia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1972). Flora Europaea 3: 1-370. Cambridge University Press.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 166 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl. 1: 349 (1753)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L., Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 166 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl. 1: 349 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 2003 Willis, F.R. [184], Indonesia 72298.000 No
Ward, F.K. [9197] 10013.000 No
Cruttwell, N.G. [1303], Papua New Guinea 23926.000 No
Rees, T. [40], Papua New Guinea 44778.000 No
Sands, M.J.S. [7191], Indonesia 74031.000 No
Utteridge, T.M.A. [149], Indonesia 62399.000 No
Utteridge, T.M.A. [133], Indonesia 62403.000 No
Utteridge, T.M.A. [134], Indonesia 62407.000 No
Utteridge, T.M.A. [211], Indonesia 62416.000 No
Johns, R.J. [9044], New Guinea 70185.000 No
Johns, R.J. [9117], New Guinea 64343.000 No
Johns, R.J. [8963], New Guinea 70608.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10103], New Guinea 70624.000 No
Johns, R.J. [9955], New Guinea 70627.000 No
Heatubun, C.D. [228], Indonesia 72370.000 No
Johns, R.J. [9044], Indonesia 64552.000 No
Sands, M.J.S. [7181], Indonesia 74028.000 No
Sands, M.J.S. [7070], Indonesia 74035.000 No

Sources

  • Art and Illustrations in Digifolia

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China

    • The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0