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December 2024

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Vaccinium myrtillus L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 349 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000422209.

Synonyms of Vaccinium myrtillus L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Vitis-idaea myrtillus (L.) L. Methodus : 47 (1794) wfo-0000425468
Myrtillus sylvaticus Drejer Fl. Excurs. Hafn. : 147 (1838) wfo-0000451890
Myrtillus nigra Lindstr. Bot. Not. 1893: 17. wfo-0000451891
Myrtillus niger Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. i. 4 (1781). 1782 wfo-0000451892
Vaccinium oreophilum Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 148 (1906) wfo-0001247117
Vaccinium myrtillus var. oreophilum (Rydb.) Dorn Vasc. Pl. Wyoming 296 (1988):. wfo-0001271129
Myrtillus uliginosus var. microphylla (Lange) Simmons Nyt Mag. Naturvidensk. 41: 225 (1903) wfo-0001374631