Vaccinium marianum

• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Common Names

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Description

Genus Vaccinium

Shrubs or small trees , terrestrial or epiphytic. Leaves evergreen or deciduous, rarely pseudoverticillate , petiolate , margin entire or serrate. Inflorescences terminal or axillary , racemose, fasciculate, or solitary flowers. Bracts and bracteoles persistent or caducous , the latter small, basal, rarely apical; pedicel expanded towards apex or not, articulate , rarely continuous. Flowers 5-, rarely 4-merous. Calyx limb lobed or toothed . Corolla urceolate , campanulate , or tubular , lobed or toothed, usually to base of limb; lobes erect or recurved, mostly shorter than tube , rarely longer or petals apparently free . Stamens rarely 4, usually included ; anthers with 2 spurs at anther-filament junction or not; thecae with tubules opening by a terminal pore or introrse slit. Disk annular . Ovary inferior, usually 8- or 10-pseudoloculed by false partitions; locule with many ovules; stigma inconspicuous, truncate . Fruit a several seeded globose berry. Seeds ovoid , small, testa hard or mucilaginous .

About 450 species: throughout the N hemisphere, also in the mountains of tropical Asia and Central and South America, a few species in Africa and Madagascar; 92 species (51 endemic) in China.

The limits of Vaccinium are very uncertain. Recent molecular work, supported by morphology and anatomy , suggests that it is likely that the majority of Chinese species, i.e. , those with 10-pseudoloculed ovaries, form part of the same lineage as Agapetes.Fang Rhui-cheng, Peter F. Stevens "Vaccinium". in Flora of China Vol. 14 Page 476. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Vaccinium marianum S. Wats. (pro sp.)
2. Vaccinium x marianum P. Watson

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Place of publication : Dendrol. brit . t. 124. 1825

Name verified on 02-Dec-1993 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 14-Jan-2006

Similar Species

Members of the genus Vaccinium

There are approximately 890 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

V. sphyrospermoides · V. 'Berkeley' · V. 'Bluejay' · V. 'Blueray' · V. 'Chippewa' · V. 'Cinderella' · V. 'Duke' · V. 'Earliblue' · V. 'Groover' · V. 'McMinn' · V. 'Misty' · V.'NC 2282' (Blueberry) · V. 'Nimo Pink' · V. 'Northblue' (Half-High Highbush Blueberry) · V. 'Northcountry' (Half-High Highbush Blueberry) · V. 'Northland' (Half-High Highbush Blueberry) · V. 'Northsky' (Half-High Highbush Blueberry) · V. 'Ozarkblue' · V. 'Patriot' · V. 'Spartan' · V. 'Sunrise' · V. 'Sunshine Blue' · V. 'Top Hat' (Dwarf Blueberry) · V. 'Tophat' · V. absconditum · V. acosta · V. acrobracteatum · V. acuminatissimum · V. acuminatum · V. acutissimum · V. adenandrum · V. adenanthum · V. adenochaetum · V. adenotrichum · V. adenurum · V. affine · V. africanum · V. agathosmoides · V. agusanense · V. aitapense · V. alainii · V. alaskaense · V. alaskaensis · V. alaskensis · V. alaternoides · V. alaternoides Kunth var. parvifolium Benth. · V. alaternoides var. parvifolium · V. alatum · V. albicans · V. albicans var. albicans · V. albidens · V. albiflorum · V. album · V. almedae · V. alnifolium · V. altiterrae · V. alto-montanum · V. alvarezii · V. amamianum · V. ambiualens (Stout Blacksmelt) · V. ambivalens · V. amblyandrum · V. ambyandrum · V. amicorum · V. amoemum · V. amphoterum · V. amplifolium · V. ampullaceum · V. andersonii · V. andringitrense · V. anfractum · V. angiense · V. angulatum · V. angulosum · V. angustifolium (Lowbush Blueberry) · V. angustifolium 'Burgundy' · V. angustifolium 'Claret' · V. angustifolium 'Cumberland' · V. angustifolium 'Jonesboro' · V. angustifolium Aiton var. hypolasium Fernald · V. angustifolium Aiton var. laevifolium House · V. angustifolium f. leucoarpum · V. angustifolium f. leucocarpum · V. angustifolium Newfoundland form · V. angustifolium var. glaucescens · V. angustifolium var. integrifolium · V. angustilimbum · V. anthonyi · V. antipodum · V. apiculatum · V. apoanum · V. arborescens · V. arboreum (Farkleberry) · V. arbusculum · V. arbutoides · V. arctostaphylos (Caucasian Whortleberry) · V. arctostaphylus · V. arcuatum · V. ardisiiflorum · V. ardisioides

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Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 452004
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-23600
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13742474
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:859014-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 41031
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: VAMA2
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 65626

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