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Taxon:
Vaccinium myrtilloides
Michx.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Vaccinium
Section:
Cyanococcus
Family:
Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Vaccinioideae
Tribe:
Vaccinieae
Nomen number:
41039
Place of publication:
Fl. bor.-amer. 1:234. 1803
Verified:
01/14/2010
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 canadense
Kalm ex Richardson
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Reference(s)
Ballington, J. R.
2009. The role of interspecific hybridization in blueberry improvement. Acta Hort. 810:49-60.
Darbyshire, S. J.
2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 192.
Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-. Flora of North America.
URL:
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist.
1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2
Hancock, J. F. et al.
2008. Blueberries and cranberries. Temperate fruit crop breeding: germplasm to genomics 4:115-149.
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
IPGRI.
New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/databases/new_world_fruits_database/search.html
Kartesz, J. T.
1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
Krüssmann, G.
1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of
Handbuch der Laubgehölze
. 1976)
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Mohlenbrock, R. H. & D. M. Ladd.
1978. Distribution of Illinois vascular plants
Ownbey, G. B. & T. Morley.
1991. Vascular plants of Minnesota: a checklist and atlas
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
Ratnaparkhe, M. B.
2007. Chapter 10. Blueberry. Genome mapping and molecular breeding in plants (7 vols.) Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. 4:217-227.
Scoggan, H. J.
1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
Uttal, L. J.
1986. Updating the genus
Vaccinium
L. (Ericaceae) in West Virginia. Castanea 51:199.
Uttal, L. J.
1987. The genus
Vaccinium
L. (Ericaceae) in Virginia. Castanea 52:237.
Vander Kloet, S. P. & I. V. Hall.
1981. The biological flora of Canada. 2.
Vaccinium myrtilloides
Michx., velvet-leaf blueberry. Canad. Field-Naturalist 95:329-345.
Vander Kloet, S. P. & J. Pither.
2000. Is fall burning preferable to spring burning for promoting growth characteristics favorable for mechanical harvesting in
Vaccinium myrtilloides
Michaux? HortScience 35:608-610.
Vander Kloet, S. P.
1983. The taxonomy of
Vaccinium
section
Cyanococcus
: a summation. Canad. J. Bot. 61:256-266.
Vander Kloet, S. P.
1994. The burning tolerance of
Vaccinium myrtilloides
Michaux. Canad. J. Pl. Sci. 74:577-579.
Weakley, A. S.
2011. Flora of the southern and middle Atlantic states.
URL:
http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/flora.htm
Wherry, E. T. et al.
1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania.
URL:
http://www.upenn.edu/paflora/dbsearch.html
Yarborough, D. E.
2012. Establishment and management of the cultivated lowbush blueberry (
Vaccinium angustifolium
). Int. J. Fruit Sci. 12:14-22.
Common names
English
Canada blueberry –
Reference(s)
sourtop –
Reference(s)
sourtop blueberry –
Reference(s)
velvetleaf blueberry –
Reference(s)
English (Canada)
velvet-leaved blueberry –
Reference(s)
French
bleuet fausse-myrtille –
Reference(s)
French (Canada)
bleuet fausse-myrtille –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Northern America
Eastern Canada
Canada
New Brunswick
1
Native
Northern America
Eastern Canada
Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador
Labrador
1
Native
Northern America
Eastern Canada
Canada
Nova Scotia
1
Native
Northern America
Eastern Canada
Canada
Ontario
1
Native
Northern America
Eastern Canada
Canada
Prince Edward Island
1
Native
Northern America
Eastern Canada
Canada
Québec
1
Native
Northern America
North-Central U.S.A.
United States
Illinois
n.
1
Native
Northern America
North-Central U.S.A.
United States
Iowa
n.e.
1
Native
Northern America
North-Central U.S.A.
United States
Minnesota
1
Native
Northern America
North-Central U.S.A.
United States
Wisconsin
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Connecticut
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Indiana
n.
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Maine
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Massachusetts
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
New Hampshire
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
New York
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Ohio
n.e.
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Pennsylvania
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Vermont
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
West Virginia
1
Native
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A.
United States
Montana
n.
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Virginia
w.
1
Native
Northern America
Subarctic America
Canada
Northwest Territories
s.
1
Native
Northern America
Western Canada
Canada
Alberta
1
Native
Northern America
Western Canada
Canada
British Columbia
1
Native
Northern America
Western Canada
Canada
Manitoba
1
Native
Northern America
Western Canada
Canada
Saskatchewan
Native
Northern America
SUBARCTIC AMERICA:
Canada
[Northwest Territories (s.)]
EASTERN CANADA:
Canada
[Québec, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador (Labrador)]
WESTERN CANADA:
Canada
[Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia]
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Connecticut, Indiana (n.), Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio (n.e.), Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States
[Illinois (n.), Iowa (n.e.), Minnesota, Wisconsin]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Montana (n.)]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Virginia (w.)]
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
fruit
used in N. America
Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Name
References