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Taxon:
Vaccinium floribundum
Kunth
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Vaccinium
Section:
Pyxothamnus
Family:
Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Vaccinioideae
Tribe:
Vaccinieae
Nomen number:
41015
Place of publication:
F. W. H. A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. gen. sp. 3:208[folio]; 3:266[quarto], t. 251. 1819
Verified:
06/11/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Vaccinium mortinia
Benth.
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Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Ballington, J. R. et al.
1993.
Rubus
and vacciniaceous germplasm resources in the Andes of Ecuador. Pl. Genet. Resources Newslett. 93:9-15.
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi.
1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Note:
=
Vaccinium mortinia
IPGRI.
New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/databases/new_world_fruits_database/search.html
Krüssmann, G.
1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of
Handbuch der Laubgehölze
. 1976)
Note:
=
Vaccinium mortinia
Luteyn, J. L. et al.
1995. Ericaceae - Part II. The superior-ovaried genera (Monotropoideae. Pyroloideae, Rhododendroideae. and Vaccinioideae p.p.). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 66:382.
URL:
http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/
Note:
mentions
Luteyn, J. L.
2002. Diversity, adaptation, and endemism in Neotropical Ericaceae: Biogeographical patterns in the Vaccinieae. Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 68:55-67.
Note:
this review recognized
Vaccinium floribundum
as a widespread species in the Andes, and widely used in Ecuador and Colombia
Macbride, J. F. et al., eds.
1936-. Flora of Peru
Note:
1936-1971; new ser. 1980-
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Vasco, C. et al.
2009. Chemical composition and phenolic compound profile of mortiño (
Vaccinium floribundum
Kunth). J. Agric. Food Chem. 57:8274-8281.
Vietmeyer, N. D., ed.
1989. Lost crops of the Incas.
Walters, S. M. et al., eds.
1986-2000. European garden flora.
Common names
English
Colombian blueberry –
Reference(s)
Spanish
mortiño –
Reference(s)
Swedish
mortino –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Bolivia
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Native
Southern America
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia
,
Colombia
,
Ecuador
,
Peru
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
fruit
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Note:
=
Vaccinium mortinia
Human food
fruit
Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Name
References