Vaccinium ovalifolium

Vaccinium ovalifolium

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 ovalifolium
Varietates: V. o. var. alpinum – V. o. var. ovalifolium – V. o. var. sachalinense

Name

Vaccinium ovalifolium Sm., 1817

Synonyms

• Vaccinium axillare Nakai
• Vaccinium chamissonis Bong.
• Vaccinium myrtillus Cham. & Schltdl.
• Vaccinium ovalifolium f. villosum (H.Boiss.) T.Shimizu
• Vaccinium ovalifolium var. villosum Boiss.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Aleutes, Alaska, USA (Idaho, Michigan, Montana, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington State), Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Labrador, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Northern Territories, Ontario, Quebec, Yukon) Continental: Asia-Temperate Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu), Russian Far East (Kuril Isl., Kamchatka) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Smith, J.E. in A. Rees, Cyclopaedia, or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences 36: Vaccinium no. 2 (1817)

Links

• Hassler, M. 2020. Vaccinium ovalifolium. 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 29. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Vaccinium ovalifolium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 May 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Vaccinium ovalifolium. Published online. Accessed: May 29 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Vaccinium ovalifolium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 May 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Vaccinium ovalifolium in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2017 Sep 28.

Vernacular names

English: Alaska blueberry, early blueberry, oval-leaf blueberry

For more multimedia, look at Vaccinium ovalifolium on Wikimedia Commons.