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Vaccinium corymbosum

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Name

Identification
Vaccinium corymbosum L. [family ERICACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Sam P. Vander Kloet,
Related name
  • Vaccinium caesariense
  • Vaccinium unrecorded
  • Vaccinium constablaei
  • Vaccinium amoenum
  • Vaccinium elevatum
  • Vaccinium indet.
  • Vaccinium corymbosum
Common name
  • bleuet en corymbe, Flora of North America Vol. 8
  • High-bush blueberry, Flora of North America Vol. 8
  • Blue Ridge or late low-bush blueberry, Flora of North America Vol. 8

Flora

Entry for Vaccinium corymbosum Linnaeus [family ERICACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 8,
Names
Vaccinium corymbosum Linnaeus [family ERICACEAE], Sp. Pl., 1: 350. 1753 ,
Cyanococcus amoenus (Aiton) Small [family ]
Cyanococcus atrococcus (A. Gray) Small [family ]
Cyanococcus corymbosus (Linnaeus) Rydberg [family ]
Cyanococcus cuthbertii Small [family ]
Cyanococcus elliottii (Chapman) Small [family ]
Cyanococcus fuscatus (Aiton) Small [family ]
Cyanococcus holophyllus Small [family ]
Cyanococcus margarettae (Ashe) Small [family ]
Cyanococcus simulatus (Small) Small [family ]
Cyanococcus virgatus (Aiton) Small [family ]
Vaccinium amoenum Aiton [family ERICACEAE]
Vaccinium atrococcum (A. Gray) A. Heller [family ERICACEAE]
Vaccinium australe Small [family ERICACEAE]
Vaccinium constablaei A. Gray [family ERICACEAE]
Vaccinium corymbosum var. albiflorum (Hooker) Fernald [family ERICACEAE]
Vaccinium corymbosum var. glabrum A. Gray [family ERICACEAE]
Vaccinium elliottii Chapman [family ERICACEAE]
Vaccinium formosum Andrews [family ERICACEAE]
Vaccinium fuscatum Aiton [family ERICACEAE]
Vaccinium simulatum Small [family ERICACEAE]
Vaccinium virgatum Aiton [family ERICACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Sam P. Vander Kloet
Information
Plants erect, not colonial, sometimes suckering, 10–50 dm; twigs green, angular to terete, usually hairy in lines. Leaves usually deciduous; blade dark green, ovate to narrowly elliptic, 15–70 × 10–25 mm, subcoriaceous, margins sharply serrate or entire, surfaces glabrous or hairy abaxially. Flowers: calyx green, glabrous; corolla white to pink, ± cylindric, 5–12 mm; filaments usually ciliate. Berries dull black to blue, glaucous, 4–12 mm diam., glabrous. Seeds 10–20(–25), ca. 1.2 mm. 2n = 24, 48, 72.
Phenology
Flowering spring(–early summer)
Altitude range
0–1600 m
Distribution
introduced in Europe (Britain, The Netherlands)e Asia (Japan)USA Ala.USA Conn.USA Del.USA Fla.USA Ga.USA Ill.USA Ind.USA Ky.USA La.USA MaineUSA Md.USA Mass.USA Mich.USA Miss.USA Mo.USA N.H.USA N.J.USA N.Y.USA N.C.USA OhioUSA Okla.USA Pa.USA R.I.USA S.C.USA Tenn.USA Tex.USA Vt.USA Va.USA Wash.USA W.Va.USA Wis.USA Pacific Islands (New Zealand).Canada B.C.Canada N.B.Canada N.S.Canada Ont.Canada Que.
Discussion
Every morphological variant of the high-bush blueberry has been named formally at one time or another. At least 25 such taxa have been raised to specific rank; none is distinct throughout its putative range nor has the properties normally associated with biological species, including Vaccinium atrococcum and V. elliottii. See S. P. Vander Kloet (1980) for a complete list of synonyms. Feral populations readily become established wherever cultivars have been planted, e.g., Britain, British Columbia, Japan, Missouri, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Washington, and Wisconsin.

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