Vaccinium

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Vaccinium
Vaccinium berries, frae tap left clockwise:
Reid huckleberries, cranberries, lingonberries an blaeberries
Scientific classification
Kinrick: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Faimily: Ericaceae
Subfaimily: Vaccinioideae
Tribe: Vaccinieae
Genus: Vaccinium
L.
Teep species
Vaccinium uliginosum[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Oxycoccus Hill
  • Polycodium Raf.
  • Batodendron Nutt.

Vaccinium is a common an widespread genus o shrubs or dwarf shrubs in the heath faimily.

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. "Vaccinium Linnaeus". Index Nominum Genericorum. International Association for Plant Taxonomy. 5 Februar 2003. Retrieved 9 Mey 2008.
  2. Flora of North America, Vaccinium Linnaeus, 1753