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Taxon:  Vaccinium myrtillus L.



Summary
Genus:
Vaccinium
Section:
Myrtillus
Family:
Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Vaccinioideae
Tribe:
Vaccinieae
Nomen number:
41040
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:349. 1753
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 yatabei Makino
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Reference(s)
  1. (on-line resource). Note: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccinium_myrtillus
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  3. Bassil, N. V. et al. 2010. Microsatellite markers distinguish Hawaiian ohelo from other Vaccinium L. section Myrtillus species. Acta Hort. 859:81-88.
  4. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  5. Dorn, R. D. Manual of the vascular plants of Wyoming. 1977
  6. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
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  9. Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990 Note: Kampong Publications
  10. Feuillet, C. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. French common names
  11. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993- http://floranorthamerica.org/
  12. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Vaccinium+myrtillus&quantity=1
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Common names
English
bilberry –
blaeberry –
dwarf bilberry –
European blueberry –
whinberry –
whortleberry –
French
myrtille –
German
Heidelbeere –
Japanese Rōmaji
aojiku-sunoki –
hime-usunoki –
Portuguese (Brazil)
mirtilo –
uva-do-monte –
Swedish
blåbär –
Distribution
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Georgia, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Honshu (n. & c.)]
  • MONGOLIA: Mongolia
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia], Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia [Eastern Siberia]
  • WESTERN ASIA: Turkey (n.)
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Italy, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France, Portugal
Northern America
  • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado (w.), Idaho, Montana (w.), Oregon (n.), Washington (e.), Wyoming (w.)]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona (n.), Nevada, Utah (e.)]
  • SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Greenland (s.w.)
  • WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Alberta (s.w.), British Columbia (s.e.)]
Economic Uses
Animal food
Bee plants
honey production (fide F USSR) –
Food additives
coloring (for wine fide F USSR) –
Human food
beverage base (fide Pl Book) –
Materials
tannin/dyestuff (fide F USSR) –
Medicines
folklore (contains anthocianidoses fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –


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