Vaccinium cespitosum

Vaccinium cespitosum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Ericaceae
Subfamilia: Vaccinioideae
Tribus: Vaccinieae
Genus: Vaccinium
Sectio: V. sect. Myrtillus
Species: Vaccinium cespitosum

Name

Vaccinium cespitosum Michx., 1803

Synonyms

• Vaccinium arbuscula (A.Gray) Merriam
• Vaccinium cespitosum var. arbuscula A.Gray
• Vaccinium cespitosum var. paludicola (Camp) Hultén
• Vaccinium nivictum Camp
• Vaccinium paludicola Camp

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Alaska, USA (California, Colorado, Idaho, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Utah, Vermont, Washington State, Wisconsin, Wyoming), Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Labrador, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Northern Territories, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon), Mexico (Chihuahua, Guanajuato, Queretaro) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Michaux, A. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana: sistens caracteres plantarum quas in America septentrionali collegit et detexit Andreas Michaux. Vol. 1. Parisiis et Argentorati: fratres Levrault. BHL Reference page. : 1:234.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2020. Vaccinium cespitosum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 May 28. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Vaccinium cespitosum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 May 28. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Vaccinium cespitosum. Published online. Accessed: May 28 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Vaccinium cespitosum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 May 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Vaccinium cespitosum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2020 May 28.

Vernacular names

العربية: وكب قزم
English: Dwarf bilberry
français: Airelle gazonnante

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