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June 2025

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genus

Vaccinium L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. 1: 349 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000039926.

Statistics

Synonyms of Vaccinium

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Metagonia sect. Pyxothamnus Nutt. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. n.s. 8:264. (1843) wfo-1000040539
Andreusia Dunal Pl. Vasc. Gen. 243. 18-2. wfo-4000001974
Batodendron Nutt. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. , n.s., 8: 261 (1842) wfo-4000004223
Buxella Small Man. S.E. Fl. [Small] 1009 (1933). wfo-4000005844
Cavinium Thouars Gen. Nov. Madagasc. 11. 1806. (17 Nov 1806) wfo-4000007088
Cyanococcus (A.Gray) Rydb. Fl. Rocky Mts. : 645 (1917) wfo-4000010155
Disiphon Schltr. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 55: 166. 1918. (13 Dec 1918) wfo-4000012169
Epigynium Klotzsch Linnaea 24: 49 (1852) wfo-4000013600
Herpothamnus Small Man. S.E. Fl. : 1017 (1933) wfo-4000017579
Hornemannia Vahl Skr. Naturhist.-Selsk. 6: 120 (1810) wfo-4000018289
Hugeria Small Fl. S.E. U.S. : 896 (1903) wfo-4000018385
Malea Lundell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 29(2): 484. 1943. (5 Apr 1943) wfo-4000022946
Metagonia Nutt. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. , n.s., 8: 263 (1842) wfo-4000023898
Myrtillus Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 1: 4 (1782) wfo-4000025214
Neojunghuhnia Koord. Nova Guinea 8: 183 (1909) wfo-4000025727
Oxycoca Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 48 (1830) wfo-4000027550
Oxycoccoides (Hook.f.) Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 246 (1917) wfo-4000027551
Oxycoccus Hill Brit. Herb. : 324 (1756) wfo-4000027552
Peyrusa Rich. ex Dunal Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 7 (2):560. (1839) wfo-4000029011
Picrococcus Nutt. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s. 8: 262. 1843[1842]. wfo-4000029630
Polycodium Raf. Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 2: 266 (1818) wfo-4000030721
Rhodocinium Avrorin Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 43:1723. (1598) wfo-4000033020
Rhodococcum (Rupr.) Avrorin Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 43: 1721 (1958) wfo-4000033023
Schollera Roth Tent. Fl. Germ. 1: 165 (1788) wfo-4000034557
Symphysia C.Presl Symphysia : 1 (1827) wfo-4000037222
Tauschia Preissler Flora 11(1): 44 (1828) wfo-4000037622
Vitis-idaea Ség. Pl. Veron. 3: 291 (1754) wfo-4000040379

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These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Vaccinium:

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