A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Washington State
Hosted by the University of Washington Herbarium, Burke Museum
Hosted by the University of Washington Herbarium, Burke Museum
Last updated 11/16/2023 by David Giblin.
Vaccinium corymbosum L.[FNA8, HC2]
high-bush blueberry
Publication: Sp. Pl. 1: 350. 1753.
Origin: Introduced from central and eastern North Amercia
selected vouchers: WTU
Notes: FNA8: "Every morphological variant of the high-bush blueberry has been named formally at one time or another. At least 25 such taxa have been raised to specific rank; none is distinct throughout its putative range nor has the properties normally associated with biological species, including Vaccinium atrococcum and V. elliottii. See S. P. Vander Kloet (1980) for a complete list of synonyms. Feral populations readily become established wherever cultivars have been planted, e.g., Britain, British Columbia, Japan, Missouri, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Washington, and Wisconsin."
References:
» Vander Kloet, S. P. 1980. The taxonomy of the highbush blueberry, Vaccinium corymbosum. Canad. J. Bot. 58: 1187-1201. Vander Kloet, S. P. 1980b. Erratum: The taxonomy of the highbush blueberry, Vaccinium corymbosum. Canad. J. Bot. 58: 2028-2029.
Synonyms & Misapplied Names:
Cyanococcus amoenus (Aiton) Small
Cyanococcus atrococcus (A. Gray) Small
Cyanococcus corymbosus (L.) Rydb.
Vaccinium amoenum Aiton
