Vaccinium erythrocarpum

Vaccinium erythrocarpum
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]

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]

Subspecies[3][5]


References

  1. illustration from An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 705. Authors: Britton, N.L., & A. Brown.
  2. Tropicos, Vaccinium erythrocarpum subsp. japonicum (Miq.) Kloet
  3. 1 2 3 Kloet, Sake Pieter Vander. 1991. Rhodora 93(875): 235
  4. 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.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Flora of north America, Vaccinium erythrocarpum Michaux, 1803
  6. Biota of North America Program, 2014 county distribution map
  7. Flora of China, Vaccinium japonicum Miquel, 1863. 日本扁枝越桔 ri ben bian zhi yue ju

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