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blueberries, cranberries, and allies
Vaccinium
Vaccinium /vækˈsɪniəm/ is a common and widespread genus of shrubs or dwarf shrubs in the heath family. The fruits of many species are eaten by humans and some are of commercial importance, including the cranberry, blueberry, bilberry or whortleberry, lingonberry or cowberry, and huckleberry. Like many other ericaceous plants, they are generally restricted to acidic soils.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Bilberries
sectionMyrtillus
Blueberries
sectionCyanococcus
Vitis-idaea
sectionVitis-idaea
Cranberries
sectionOxycoccus
Bog Bilberries
sectionVaccinium
Pyxothamnus
sectionPyxothamnus
Sparkleberries
sectionBatodendron
Deerberries
sectionPolycodium
Hemimyrtillus
sectionHemimyrtillus
Oxycoccoides
sectionOxycoccoides
Bracteata
sectionBracteata
Herpothamnus
sectionHerpothamnus
Conchophyllum
sectionConchophyllum
Leptothamnia
sectionLeptothamnia
Calcicolus
sectionCalcicolus
Vaccinium wrightii
speciesVaccinium wrightii
Praestantia
sectionPraestantia
Ciliata
sectionCiliata
Vaccinium madagascariense
speciesVaccinium madagascariense
Vaccinium stenophyllum
speciesVaccinium stenophyllum
Vaccinium mandarinorum
speciesVaccinium mandarinorum
Vaccinium randaiense
speciesVaccinium randaiense
Vaccinium leucanthum
speciesVaccinium leucanthum
Neurodesia
sectionNeurodesia
Eococcus
sectionEococcus
Cinctosandra
sectionCinctosandra
Epigynium
sectionEpigynium
rabbit-eye blueberry
speciesVaccinium ashei
Vaccinium kengii
speciesVaccinium kengii
Indian Cranberry
speciesVaccinium symplocifolium
Vaccinium exaristatum
speciesVaccinium exaristatum
Vaccinium carlesii
speciesVaccinium carlesii
Vaccinium sprengelii
speciesVaccinium sprengelii
San Bruno Huckleberry
hybridVaccinium × brunoense
Vaccinium trichocladum
speciesVaccinium trichocladum
Vaccinium latissimum
speciesVaccinium latissimum
Vaccinium retivenium
speciesVaccinium retivenium
Vaccinium stanleyi
speciesVaccinium stanleyi
Vaccinium iteophyllum
speciesVaccinium iteophyllum
Vaccinium duclouxii
speciesVaccinium duclouxii
Vaccinium boninense
speciesVaccinium boninense
Vaccinium timorense
speciesVaccinium timorense
Vaccinium korinchense
speciesVaccinium korinchense
Vaccinium × intermedium
hybridVaccinium × intermedium
Vaccinium distichum
speciesVaccinium distichum
Vaccinium centrocelebicum
speciesVaccinium centrocelebicum
Vaccinium miquelii
speciesVaccinium miquelii
Sikkim blueberry
speciesVaccinium sikkimense
Vaccinium microphyllum
speciesVaccinium microphyllum
Vaccinium bancanum
speciesVaccinium bancanum
Vaccinium craspedotum
speciesVaccinium craspedotum
Vaccinium viscifolium
speciesVaccinium viscifolium
Vaccinium gitingense
speciesVaccinium gitingense
Vaccinium molle
speciesVaccinium molle
Vaccinium claoxylon
speciesVaccinium claoxylon
Vaccinium paradisearum
speciesVaccinium paradisearum
loranthifolium blueberry
speciesVaccinium loranthifolium
Vaccinium impressinerve
speciesVaccinium impressinerve
Vaccinium leucobotrys
speciesVaccinium leucobotrys
Vaccinium dendrocharis
speciesVaccinium dendrocharis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48353.