Contains 6 accepted taxa overall.
Characteristics
Classification
Citation
VACCINIUM Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 349. 1753, nom. cons.
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TYPE: Vaccinium uliginosum Linnaeus, typ. cons.
Species
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Herbarium Specimens | Status | Photos |
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| Vaccinium arboreum | SPARKLEBERRY; FARKLEBERRY | Native FACU (NWPL) | ||
| Vaccinium corymbosum | HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY | Native FACW (NWPL) T (WAP) FACW (DEP) | ||
| Vaccinium darrowii | DARROW'S BLUEBERRY | Native FACU (NWPL) | ||
| Vaccinium elliottii | ELLIOTT'S BLUEBERRY | Native | ||
| Vaccinium myrsinites | SHINY BLUEBERRY | Native FACU (NWPL) U (WAP) | ||
| Vaccinium stamineum | DEERBERRY | Native FACU (NWPL) |
Identification Key
1. Larger leaf blades 0.5-3(3.7) cm long
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1. Larger leaf blades (2.5)3-7 cm long
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2. Shrubs to 3 m tall; larger leaf blades (1.5)2-3(3.7) cm long, serrulate-ciliate to entire, secondary veins 3-7 per side, deciduous (diploid; panhandle and northern peninsula)
2. Low shrubs to 1.5 m tall; larger leaf blades <1.5(2) cm long, crenulate-serrate to entire, secondary veins 2-4 per side, persistent
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3. Leaf blade lower surface eglandular (or very rare, very few on few leaves, marginal teeth may have glands); young stems, leaves, hypanthium, and fruit usually glaucous (diploid; widespread)
3. Leaf blade lower surface stipitate-glandular; young stems, leaves, hypanthium, and fruit not glaucous (tetraploid; widespread)
4. Young stems, usually by the second- to fifth-year, roughened-verrucose (often obscure)
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4. Young stems not verrucose
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5. Leaf blade lower surface stipitate-glandular
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5. Leaf blade lower surface eglandular
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6. Plants <1.3 m tall; stipitate glands mostly with clavate- to ellipsoid-cylindrical heads (diploid)
6. Plants 0.3-4(7) m tall; stipitate glands mostly with obovoid to globose heads (hexaploid)
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7. Plants 1-4.5(7) m tall; leaf blades coriacous, bluish or glaucous, lower surface sparsely stipitate-glandular, occasionally moderately dense, eglandular hairs 0.3-0.5(0.6) mm long; hypanthium usually glaucous; fruits 8-16 mm wide
7. Plants 0.3-2.5 m tall; leaf blades chartaceous, green, lower surface usually moderately densely stipitate-glandular, eglandular hairs 0.4-1 mm long; hypanthium not glaucous; fruit 4-12 mm wide
8. Flowers 5-6 mm long; fruits 5-8 mm wide (diploid; northern Florida; V. atrococcum)
8. Flowers 6-11 mm long; fruit 6-12 mm wide
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9. Stems and leaves glabrous to pubescent; leaves 6-8 cm long, 2.5-4 cm wide (tetraploid; panhandle and northern peninsula; V. australe, V. arkansanum)
9. Stems and leaves pubescent; leaves 3.5-5 cm long, 1.5-2.5 cm wide (tetraploid; widespread)
10. Bark often becoming flaky-rectangular; leaf blade upper surface lustrous with conspicuous venation, the lower surface light green, the blade base often acute, often stipitate glandular; hypanthium jointed with the pedicel; corolla closed in bud; anthers included (widespread)
10. Bark usually tight to peeling in strips; leaf blade upper surface dull with obscure venation, the lower surface glaucous or not, the blade base often rounded to subcordate, stipitate-glandular or not; hypanthium continuous with the pedicel; corolla open in bud; anthers exserted (widespread) (V. stamineum)
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11. Stems and pedicels densely stipitate-glandular (panhandle and northwestern peninsula)
11. Stems and pedicels eglandular or sparsely stipitate-glandular
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12. Hypanthium and fruit glabrous
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12. Hypanthium and fruit pubescent
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13. Leaf blade lower surface usually whitened-glaucous; flowers solitary, scattered, subtended by slightly reduced to normal-sized leaves (widespread in Florida)
13. Leaf blade lower surface not whitened-glaucous; flowers in distinct inflorescences, subtended by greatly reduced leaves (panhandle)
14. Flowers in axils of normal-sized leaves; calyx and hypanthium sparingly pubescent, eglandular (panhandle)
14. Flowers usually in axils of greatly reduced leaves; calyx and hypanthium densely hirsute and often stipitate-glandular (panhandle, rare in peninsula)
Genus Synonyms
| Synonym | Full Citation | Basionym | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acosta | Acosta Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 276. 1790, non Adanson 1763. | TYPE: Acosta spicata Loureiro | |
| Batodendron | Batodendron Nuttall, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., ser. 2. 8: 261. 1843. | TYPE: Batodendron arboreum (Marshall) Nuttall (Vaccinium arboreum Marshall) | |
| Cavinium | Cavinium Du-Petit Thouars, Gen. Nov. Madagasc. 11. 1806. | TYPE: Cavinium madagascariense Du-Petit Thouars ex Poiret | |
| Cyanococcus | Cyanococcus (A. Gray) Rydberg, Fl. Rocky Mts. 645, 1065. 1918 ("1917"), non Hansgirg 1905. | BASIONYM: Vaccinium Linnaeus, sect. Cyanococcus A. Gray, Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, ser. 2. 3: 53. 1846. | TYPE: Cyanococcus pennsylvanicus Rydberg (Vaccinium pensylvanicum Lamarck 1783, non Miller 1768). |
| Epigynium | Epigynium Klotzsch, Linnaea 24: 16, 49. 1851. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Herpothamnus | Herpothamnus Small, Man. S.E. Fl. 1017, 1507. 1933. | TYPE: Herpothamnus crassifolius (Andrews) Small (Vaccinium crassifolium Andrews) | |
| Hugeria | Hugeria Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 896, 1336. 1903. | TYPE: Hugeria erythrocarpa (Michaux) Small (Vaccinium erythrocarpum Michaux) | |
| Metagonia | Metagonia Nuttall, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., ser. 2. 8: 263. 1843. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Oxycoca | Oxycoca Rafinesque, Med. Fl. 2: 48. 1830. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Oxycoccus | Oxycoccus Hill, Brit. Herb. 324. 1756. | TYPE: Vaccinium oxycoccos Linnaeus | |
| Picrococcus | Picrococcus Nuttall, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., ser. 2. 8: 262. 1843. | TYPE: Picrococcus stamineus (Linnaeus) Nuttall (Vaccinium stamineum Linnaeus) Lectotypified by Greene, Pittonia 3: 324. 1898. = Polycodium Rafinesque 1818, by neotypification. | |
| Polycodium | Polycodium Rafinesque, Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 2: 266. 1818. | TYPE: Polycodium stamineum (Linnaeus) Greene 1898. (Vaccinium stamineum Linnaeus 1753.) Neotypified by Sleumer, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 71: 416. 1941. | |
| Rhodococcum | Rhodococcum (Ruprecht) Avrorin, Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 43: 1721. 1958. | BASIONYM: Vaccinium Linnaeus, sect. Rhodococcum Ruprecht, Fl. Ingr. 670. 1860. | TYPE: Rhodococcum vitis-idaea (Linnaeus) Avrorin (Vaccinium vitis-idaea Linnaeus) |
| Schollera | Schollera Roth, Tent. Fl. Germ. 1: 165, 170. 1788. | TYPE: = Oxycoccus Hill 1756. | |
| Vitis-idaea | Vitis-idaea Seguier, Pl. Veron. 3: 291. 1754. | TYPE: = Vaccinium Linnaeus 1753. |