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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.

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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

Species in Vaccinium ( ${pageIsLoading?'loading':'showing'} species ${currentlyShowingRangeFirst} to ${currentlyShowingRangeLast} of ${ totalPartsCount })

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

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

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium albicans var. pseudopsammogenes Sleumer Blumea 11: 71 (1961) wfo-0001380845
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium albicans var. pubens Sleumer Blumea 11: 71 (1961) wfo-0001380846
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium alvarezii var. alvarezii – – wfo-1200097029
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium alvarezii var. maisense H.F.Copel. Philipp. J. Sci. 42: 564 (1930) wfo-1200012145
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium amblyandrum var. maiusculum Sleumer Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 72: 237 (1942) wfo-1200011965
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium amblyandrum var. pungens Sleumer Blumea 11: 36 (1961) wfo-1200011868
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium andringitrense H.Perrier Mem. Acad. Malgache Fasc. 3: 62, nomen. 1927 wfo-0000423236
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium angustifolium var. hypolasium Fernald Rhodora 51: 104 (1949) wfo-0001378802
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium angustifolium var. integrifolium Lepage Naturaliste Canad. 78: 350 (1951) wfo-0001378757
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium angustifolium var. myrtilloides House Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 243-244: 61 (1923) wfo-0001378758
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium angustifolium var. nigrum (Alph.Wood) Dole Fl. Vermont , ed. 3: 210 (1937) wfo-0001378759
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium arborescens var. glaucescens Sarg. J. Arnold Arbor. 2: 167. 1921 by error for arboreum wfo-0001397483
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium atrococcum f. leucoccum W.Deane Rhodora 24: 156. 1922 wfo-0001324832
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium atrococcum f. leucococcum W.Deane Rhodora 24: 228. 1922 wfo-0001324833
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium atrococcum var. longianum Ashe Rhodora 33: 196 (1931) wfo-0001378760
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium axillare var. platyanthum Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 37(433): 4 (1923) wfo-1200105877
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium barandanum var. barandanum – – wfo-1200097027
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium barandanum var. cagayanense H.F.Copel. Philipp. J. Sci. 42: 557 (1930) wfo-1200012046
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium barandanum var. hutchinsonii (Merr.) H.F.Copel. Philipp. J. Sci. 42: 558 (1930) wfo-1200012218
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium bracteatum var. obovatum C.Y.Wu & R.C.Fang Acta Bot. Yunnan. 9(4): 385 (1987) wfo-0001389201
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium bracteatum var. rubellum P.S.Hsu, J.X.Qiu, S.F.Huang & Y.Zhang Acta Bot. Yunnan. 11: 319 (1989) wfo-0001389364
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium bracteatum var. thysanocalyx (Dop) T.Smitinand & P.H.Hô Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 9: 349 (1987 publ. 1988) wfo-0001389597
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium brassii var. madarum Sleumer Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 72: 252 (1942) wfo-1200012050
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium canadense f. chiococcum W.Deane Rhodora 3: 266 (1901) wfo-0001234036
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium caracasanum f. acuminatum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 384. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] wfo-0001324834
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium caracasanum f. lanceolatum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 384. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] wfo-0001324835
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium caracasanum f. subellipticum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 384. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] wfo-0001324836
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium carneolum var. nesophilum Sleumer Blumea 11: 70 (1961) wfo-1200012125
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium centrocelebicum var. centrocelebicum – – wfo-1200097028
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium centrocelebicum var. majus Sleumer Blumea 11: 46 (1961) wfo-1200011948
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium cereum f. skottsbergii M.L.Grant Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 17: 8 (1974) wfo-0001322948
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium cereum subsp. cheesemanii Skottsb. Acta Horti Gothob. 8: 95 (1933) wfo-1200012009
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium cereum var. raiateense (Moore) M.L.Grant Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 17: 8 (1974) wfo-0001386937
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium chengae var. pilosum C.Y.Wu Acta Bot. Yunnan. 9: 393 (1987) wfo-0001389206
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium chlaenophyllum Vuong, V.H.Bui & V.S.Dang Ann. Bot. Fenn. 58(1-3): 16. 2020 wfo-1000025134
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium ciliatum Michx. ex Lam. in Lam. Journ. Hist. Nat. i. 411 (1792); Rehder in Journ. Arnold Arb. iv. 6. wfo-0000422928
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium ciliatum var. glaucum Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31(369): 250 1917 wfo-1200098446
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium coriaceum var. hirsuticalyx Argent Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 85: 5 (1982) wfo-0001388359
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium corymbiferum Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. : 588 (1861) wfo-0000996321
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium corymbosum f. albiflorum (Hook.) Camp Amer. Midl. Naturalist 23: 177. 1940 hybrid wfo-0001324842
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium corymbosum f. caesariense (Mack.) Camp Amer. Midl. Naturalist 23: 177 (1940) wfo-0001321315
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium corymbosum f. glabrum (A.Gray) Camp Amer. Midl. Naturalist 23: 177 (1940) wfo-0001321316
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium corymbosum f. leucococcum W.Deane Rhodora 3: 265. 1901 wfo-0001324843
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium corymbosum f. typicum Camp Amer. Midl. Naturalist 23: 177. 1940 wfo-0001324837
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium corymbosum var. amoenum (Aiton) A.Gray Manual , ed. 2: 250 (1856) wfo-0001378761
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium corymbosum var. atrocarpum A.Gray Manual , ed. 2: 250 (1856) wfo-0001378762
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium corymbosum var. disocarpum Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. Prelim. Cat. : 32 (1888) wfo-0001378763
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium corymbosum var. glabrum A.Gray Manual , ed. 2: 250 (1856) wfo-0001378764
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium corymbosum var. myrsinites (Lam.) Castigl. Viagg. Stati Uniti 2: 391 (1790) wfo-0001378765
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium corymbosum var. virgatum Alph.Wood Class-book Bot. : 483 (1861) wfo-0001378766
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium cubense var. giganteum (Bisse) Berazaín Revista Jard. Bot. Nac. Univ. Habana 10: 217 (1989) wfo-0001389679
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium cubense var. ramoni M.Gómez Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 240 (1890) wfo-0001378767
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium cumingianum var. cumingianum – – wfo-1200097026
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium cumingianum var. igorotorum Copel. Philipp. J. Sci. 42: 586 (1930) wfo-1200012133
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium cumingianum var. marivelesense Copel. Philipp. J. Sci. 42: 586 (1930) wfo-1200012048
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium cumingianum var. pyriforme (Merr.) Copel. Philipp. J. Sci. 42: 586 (1930) wfo-1200012192
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium decorum Ridl. J. Fed. Malay States Mus. 5: 36. 1914 wfo-0000423049
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium dempoense Fawc. J. Bot. 23: 254. 1885 wfo-0000423058
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium dendrocharis subsp. talle S.Panda & Sanjappa Bull. Bot. Surv. India 48: 161 (2006) wfo-0001361222
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium dictyoneuron var. koebrense Sleumer Blumea 12: 137 (1963) wfo-1200012217
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium dictyoneuron var. oreophilum Sleumer Blumea 12: 136 (1963) wfo-1200012111
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium duclouxii var. hirtellum C.Y.Wu & R.C.Fang Acta Bot. Yunnan. 9(4): 387 (1987) wfo-0001389204
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium duclouxii var. hirticaule C.Y.Wu Acta Bot. Yunnan. 9: 386 (1987) wfo-0001389202
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium duclouxii var. pubipes C.Y.Wu Acta Bot. Yunnan. 9: 387 (1987) wfo-0001389203
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium dulongense H.Li in Fl. Dulongjian Reg. 232 (1993), without latin descr. or type. wfo-0000423068
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium dunalianum var. brevifolium Sleumer Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 71: 450 (1941) wfo-1200011368
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium erythrocarpon Michx. – wfo-0001348917
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium erythrocarpum f. nigrum H.A.Allard Castanea 13: 127, 167. 1948 wfo-0001324838
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium erythrocarpum subsp. japonicum (Miq.) Kloet Rhodora 93: 235 (1991) wfo-0001366329
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium fissum Schrank in Denkschr. Bot. Ges. Regensb. i. II. (1818) 15. wfo-0000423001
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium floribundum subsp. polystachyum (Benth.) Cuatrec. Trab. Mus. Nac. Ci. Nat., Ser. Bot. 33: 107 1936 wfo-1200096520
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium floribundum var. moritzianum (Klotzsch) Cuatrec. Trab. Mus. Nac. Ci. Nat., Ser. Bot. 33: 107 1936 wfo-1200096445
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium floribundum var. ottonis (Klotzsch) Cuatrec. Trab. Mus. Nac. Ci. Nat., Ser. Bot. 33: 107 1936 wfo-1200096446
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium floribundum var. parvifolium Cuatrec. Trab. Mus. Nac. Ci. Nat., Ser. Bot. 33: 108 1936 wfo-1200096447
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium floribundum var. polystachyum (Benth.) Wedd. Chlor. Andina 2: 177 (1860) wfo-0001378768
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium floribundum var. splendens Wedd. Chlor. Andina 2: 177 (1860) wfo-0001378769
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium frondosum var. lanceolatum Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 286 (1813) wfo-0001378770
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium fuscatum var. angustifolium Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 287 (1813) wfo-0001378771
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium fuscatum var. pullum Ashe Rhodora 33: 196 (1931) wfo-0001378772
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium gilvum Meerb. Pl. Select. Icon. Pict. t. 18. 1798 wfo-0000423024
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium glaucum W.Young Cat. Arbres, Arbustes & Pl. Herb. Am. 25 (1783), nomen. wfo-0000422472
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium griffithianum var. glabratum Hook.f. & Thomson ex C.B.Clarke Fl. Brit. India 3: 454. 1882 (1882) wfo-1200012023
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium habbemae var. parvifolium J.J.Sm. Nova Guinea 12: 162 (1914) wfo-1200012063
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium habbemae var. pluriglandulosum J.J.Sm. Nova Guinea 12: 530 (1917) wfo-1200012219
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium halleriifolium Lodd. ex G.Don Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 156, nomen. 1830 wfo-0000422144
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium hirtum var. versicolor Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 29: 310 (1915) — wfo-1200112297
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium iteophyllum var. glandulosum C.Y.Wu & R.C.Fang Fl. Xizang. 3: 729 (1986) (1986) wfo-0001389129
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium korinchense var. korinchense – – wfo-1200097020
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium korinchense var. losirense Sleumer Blumea 11: 51 (1961) wfo-1200012028
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium lasiocarpum (Koidz.) Nakai Nakai & Koidz. Trees & Shrubs Japan Proper, ed. 1 181 (1922), japonice. wfo-0000422112
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium lasiodiscus Maxim. Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg xxxi. (1887) 63. wfo-0000422113
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium laurifolium var. ellipticum (G.Don) Sleumer Blumea 11: 100 (1961) wfo-1200012065
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium laurifolium var. glanduligerum Sleumer Blumea 11: 101 (1961) wfo-1200012089
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium laurifolium var. laurifolium – – wfo-1200097021
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium laurifolium var. pensile (S.Moore) Sleumer Blumea 11: 102 (1961) wfo-1200012224
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium laurifolium var. robustum (Ridl.) Sleumer Blumea 11: 101 (1961) wfo-1200012136
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium laurifolium var. trichodes Sleumer Blumea 11: 101 (1961) wfo-1200012179
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium lenneanum Warsz. Allg. Gartenzeitung (Otto & Dietrich) 20: 292, nomen. 1852 wfo-0000422121
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium leptanthum f. malayanum Sleumer Blumea 11(1): 21 1961 wfo-1200073306
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vaccinium leschenaultii var. pubescens S.M.Rajendran, S.C.Agarwal & H.N.Verma J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 26: 173 (2002) wfo-0001382315