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, Fiji

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

Classification

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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?
Jul 20, 2015 Takeuchi, W., et al. [23868] Papua New Guinea K000341958 No
Jul 20, 2015 Takeuchi, W., et al. [23727] Papua New Guinea K000341959 No
Jul 13, 2015 Baker, W.J.; Bau, B. [1250] New Guinea K000618442 No
Jul 13, 2015 Takeuchi, W.; et al [19038] New Guinea K000618448 No
Jul 1, 2015 Raynal, J. [16.993] Indonesia K000720772 No
Mar 1, 2012 Milliken, W. [1523] New Guinea K000639970 No
Mar 1, 2012 Julaihi et al [S 76823] Malaysia K000639945 No
Mar 1, 2012 Bau, B.B., et al [LAE 88412] New Guinea K000639971 No
Sep 1, 2010 Gideon, O.G. [LAE78408] Papua New Guinea K000618890 No
Sep 1, 2010 Takeuchi, W. [11785] Papua New Guinea K000618889 No
Sep 1, 2010 Betz, W. [127] Papua New Guinea K000618888 No
Sep 1, 2010 Lowe, R.A.W., et al [12d] Indonesia K000618887 No
Aug 10, 2010 Takeuchi, W., et al. [20014] Papua New Guinea K000639309 No
Jan 1, 2008 Suzana, S., et al. [147306] Malaysia K000512546 No
Jan 1, 2008 Sundaling, D. [135309] Malaysia K000512534 No
Jan 1, 2008 Beaman, J.H. [11718] Malaysia K000512529 No
Jan 1, 2008 Gideon, O.G. [LAE 57519] Papua New Guinea K000639969 No
Jan 1, 2008 Gaerlan et al. [2515] Philippines K000512518 No
Jan 1, 2008 Simaga, J.M. [3059] Papua New Guinea K000639968 No
Jan 1, 2007 Moscol, Marcela [28] Peru K000323694 No
Sep 19, 2006 Ag. Amin Sigun [SAN 103400] Malaysia K000229716 No
Sep 19, 2006 Madani, L.; Pereira, J., T. [SAN 140074] Malaysia K000229715 No
Sep 19, 2006 Beaman, J., H. [11833] Malaysia K000229704 No
Dec 1, 2005 Yii Puan Ching [S 44435] Malaysia K000229351 No
Jan 13, 2004 Garcia, H.; Romero, E. [PPI 15889] Philippines K000009878 No
Jan 13, 2004 Krispinus, F. [SAN 122082] Malaysia K000009877 No
Mar 1, 2003 Willis, F.R. [184] Indonesia K:SPC-72298.000 No
Jul 1, 1997 Chantaranothai, P., et al. [1064] Thailand K000512257 No
Jan 1, 1981 Douglas, D. [s.n.] Northern America K000780832 Holotype Yes
Nov 1, 1959 s.coll. [s.n.] Indonesia K000780724 Type Yes
Mar 1, 1959 Eyma, P.J. [3957] Indonesia K000780726 Isotype Yes
Feb 1, 1959 Elbert, J.E.W. [3480] Indonesia K000780632 Isolectotype Yes
Feb 1, 1959 Steenis, C.G.G.J.van [9015] Indonesia K000780723 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1937 Grisebach [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K000534646 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pulle, A.A. [1002] Indonesia K000780873 Isotype Yes
Rees, T.; Reeve, T. [40] Papua New Guinea K:SPC-44778.000 No
Johns, R.J. [9044] Indonesia K:SPC-64552.000 No
Johns, R.J. [8963] K:SPC-70608.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Northern America K000780834 Unknown Type Material Yes
Braid, K.W.; Walton, J. United Kingdom K:SPC-11616.000 No
Alfaro, E. [3655] Costa Rica K001890647 No
Johns, R.J.; Puradyatmika, P.; Sadili, A. [9044] Indonesia K001589824 Yes
Johns, R.J.; Hidayat, A. [10378] Indonesia K001589807 Yes
Sands, M.I.S. [138] Indonesia K:SPC-01800.018 No
Argent, G.; Mandum, M.; Hendrian [31] Indonesia K001553257 Yes
Baker, W.J.; Dransfield, J.; Coode, M.J.E.; Heatubun, C.; Witono, J.; Uddin, P. [860] Indonesia K001569675 Yes
Takeuchi, W., et al [24870] Papua New Guinea K000618053 No
Griffith, W. [s.n.] India K000780549 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Northern America K000780829 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wight, R. [s.n.] India K000780551 Unknown Type Material Yes
Eggers [2198] Dominican Republic K000534644 Isolectotype Yes
Yii, P.C.; Lai, C.Y.; et al. [72224] Malaysia K001590264 Yes
Argent, G.; Mendum, M.; Hendrian [55] Indonesia K001553261 Yes
Argent, G.; Mendum, M.; Hendrian [165] Indonesia K001553260 Yes
Johns, R.J. [9675] Papua New Guinea K000170878 Yes
Griffith, W. [s.n.] India K000780548 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ridsdale, C.E. [2401] Indonesia K001871254 No
Johns, R.J. [9880] Indonesia K001589819 Yes
Johns, R.J. [9880] Indonesia K001589820 Yes
Utteridge, T.M.A. [134] Indonesia K:SPC-62407.000 No
Johns, R.J.; Woodman, R. [9678] Indonesia K001569680 Yes
Cavalerie, J. [343] China K000780624 Unknown Type Material Yes
Griffith, W. [29] India K000780543 Unknown Type Material Yes
Puradyatmika, P. [PP 6169] Papua New Guinea K001765194 Yes
Utteridge, T.M.A.; Willis, F.R.; Johns, R.J.; Edwards, P.J.; Sutrisna; Hamzah; Puradyatmika, P. [TU 129] Papua New Guinea K001765169 Yes
Barker, C.; Beaman, J. [96] Indonesia K001589818 Yes
Hall, E. [340] United States K000780836 Unknown Type Material Yes
Booth [s.n.] Bangladesh K000639727 Type Yes
Griffith, W. [s.n.] India K000780550 Type Yes
Johns, R.J. [9955] K:SPC-70627.000 No
Ward, F.K. [9197] K:SPC-10013.000 No
Austin, R.M. [s.n.] United States K000780835 Unknown Type Material Yes
Johns, R.J. [10103] K:SPC-70624.000 No
Sands, M.J.S. [7191] Indonesia K:SPC-74031.000 No
Major, E.W.M. Costa Rica K:SPC-36464.000 No
Griffith, W. [25] India K000780546 Unknown Type Material Yes
Utteridge, T.M.A. [133] Indonesia K:SPC-62403.000 No
Sands, M.J.S. [7070] Indonesia K:SPC-74035.000 No
Cruttwell, N.G. [1240] Papua New Guinea K:SPC-27380.000 No
Bau, B.B., et al [LAE88435] Papua New Guinea K000618883 No
[Grisebach] [s.n.] K000534647 Unknown Type Material Yes
Griffith, W. [s.n.] India K000780547 Unknown Type Material Yes
Johns, R.J. [9117] K:SPC-64343.000 No
Douglas [752] Northern America K000780830 Unknown Type Material Yes
Utteridge, T.M.A. [149] Indonesia K:SPC-62399.000 No
Douglas [s.n.] Northern America K000780831 Unknown Type Material Yes
Griffith, W. [29] India K000780542 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cruttwell, N.G. [1303] Papua New Guinea K:SPC-23926.000 No
Cavalerie, J. [343] China K000780623 Type Yes
Griffith, W. [28] India K000780544 Unknown Type Material Yes
Summerhayes, V.S. [2562] United Kingdom K:SPC-10012.000 No
Willis, F.R. [184] Indonesia K000170908 No
Verdcourt, B. [4913] K:SPC-36762.000 No
Johns, R.J. [9044] K:SPC-70185.000 No
Sands, M.J.S. [7181] Indonesia K:SPC-74028.000 No
Drummond [s.n.] Northern America K000780833 Unknown Type Material Yes
Damahuri [FRI 36514] Malaysia K000517832 No
Heatubun, C.D. [228] Indonesia K:SPC-72370.000 No
Griffith, W. [28] India K000780545 Unknown Type Material Yes
Utteridge, T.M.A. [211] Indonesia K:SPC-62416.000 No
Thomas, A.E. United Kingdom Oxycoccus K:SPC-17395.000 No
Lousley, J.E. United Kingdom Oxycoccus K:SPC-11615.000 No
Lousley, J.E. United Kingdom Oxycoccus K:SPC-11614.000 No
Pursh [s.n.] Oxycoccus K000780823 Unknown Type Material Yes
Morris, J. United Kingdom Oxycoccus K:SPC-10011.000 No
Thomas, A.E. United Kingdom Oxycoccus K:SPC-17396.000 No
Pursh [s.n.] Oxycoccus K000780824 Unknown Type Material Yes

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