Vaccinium erythrocarpum
| Vaccinium erythrocarpum | |
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| 1913 illustration[1] | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Vaccinium |
| Species: | V. erythrocarpum |
| Binomial name | |
| Vaccinium erythrocarpum Michx. 1803 | |
| Synonyms[2][3] | |
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Synonymy
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Vaccinium erythrocarpum – also commonly known as southern mountain cranberry, bearberry, arando, and dingleberry[4] a species of cranberry.
Vaccinium erythrocarpum has an oddly discontinuous distribution, with one subspecies in the southeastern United States, the other in east Asia.[5][3]
Vaccinium erythrocarpum is a deciduous shrub. Its flowers bloom in June; the individual flowers are hermaphrodite and are pollinated by insects. They produce scarlet, transparent berries. It grows in woodlands and areas of dappled shade. [5]
- Vaccinium erythrocarpum subsp. erythrocarpum (Miq.) Kloet - southern Appalachian Mountains of southeastern United States (from West Virginia to northeastern Georgia)[6]
- Vaccinium erythrocarpum subsp. japonicum - China, Japan, Korea[5][7]
References
- ↑ illustration from An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 705. Authors: Britton, N.L., & A. Brown.
- ↑ Tropicos, Vaccinium erythrocarpum subsp. japonicum (Miq.) Kloet
- 1 2 3 Kloet, Sake Pieter Vander. 1991. Rhodora 93(875): 235
- ↑ Edward A. Cope (2001). Muenscher's Keys to Woody Plants: An Expanded Guide to Native and Cultivated Species. Cornell University Press. p. 262. ISBN 0-8014-8702-1.
- 1 2 3 4 Flora of north America, Vaccinium erythrocarpum Michaux, 1803
- ↑ Biota of North America Program, 2014 county distribution map
- ↑ Flora of China, Vaccinium japonicum Miquel, 1863. 日本扁枝越桔 ri ben bian zhi yue ju
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