Vaccinium macrocarpon

Vaccinium macrocarpon

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. Oxycoccus
Species: Vaccinium macrocarpon

Name

Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton

Synonyms

Oxycoca macrocarpa (Aiton) Raf.
Oxycoccus macrocarpus (Aiton) Pers.
Oxycoccus palustris var. macrocarpos (Aiton) Pers.
Schollera macrocarpa (Aiton) Steud.
Schollera macrocarpos (Aiton) Britton
Vaccinium propinquum Salisb.

Distribution

It is native to central and eastern Canada (Ontario to Newfoundland) and the northeastern and north-central United States (Northeast, Great Lakes Region, and Appalachians as far south as North Carolina and Tennessee). It is also naturalized in parts of Europe and scattered locations in North America along western Canada (British Columbia) and the western United States (West Coast).

References

Aiton, W. 1789. Hortus Kewensis; or, a catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. Vol. I. Monandria–Heptandria. XXX+496 pp., tt. 1–6. George Nicol, London. BHL Reference page. : 2:13, t. 7.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2017. Vaccinium macrocarpon. Published online. Accessed Set. 28 2017.

The Plant List 2013. Vaccinium macrocarpon in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Set. 28.

Tropicos.org 2017. Vaccinium macrocarpon. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 28 Set. 2017.

USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Vaccinium macrocarpon in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

dansk: Storfrugtet Tranebær
Deutsch: Großfrüchtige Moosbeere
dolnoserbski: Wjelikopłodowa žorawina
English: American Cranberry
Esperanto: Oksikoko amerika
suomi: Amerikankarpalo
français: Airelle à gros fruits
hornjoserbsce: Wulkopłodowa tymjenka
magyar: Amerikai tőzegáfonya
македонски: Американска брусница
Nederlands: amerikaanse cranberry, amerikaanse veenbes, grote cranberry, grote veenbes, veenbes
norsk: Amerikansk tranebær
српски / srpski: Američka brusnica

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