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Common name: Highbush blueberry
 
Common name: Highbush blueberry
 
==Taxonomic notes==
 
==Taxonomic notes==
Synonyms: ''Vaccinium corymbosum'' var. ''albiflorum'' (Hooker) Fernald; ''Vaccinium corymbosum'' var. ''glabrum'' Gray; ''Vaccinium constablaei'' A. Gray; ''Cyanococcus corymbosus'' (Linnaeus) Rydberg
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Synonyms: ''Cyanococcus corymbosus'' (Linnaeus) Rydberg; ''V. constablaei'' A. Gray
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Varieties:''V. corymbosum'' var. ''corymbosum''; ''V. corymbosum'' var. ''albiflorum'' (Hooker) Fernald; ''V. corymbosum'' var. ''glabrum''.
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==Description==  
 
==Description==  
 
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Vaccinium corymbosum
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Photo by Betty Wargo, Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Vaccinium
Species: V. corymbosum
Binomial name
Vaccinium corymbosum
L.
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Natural range of Vaccinium corymbosum from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: Highbush blueberry

Taxonomic notes

Synonyms: Cyanococcus corymbosus (Linnaeus) Rydberg; V. constablaei A. Gray

Varieties:V. corymbosum var. corymbosum; V. corymbosum var. albiflorum (Hooker) Fernald; V. corymbosum var. glabrum.

Description

A description of Vaccinium corymbosum is provided in The Flora of North America.

Distribution

Ecology

Phenology

V. corymbosum has been observed to flower January to April and in December.[1]

Seed dispersal

This species is thought to be dispersed by consumption by vertebrates. [2]

Pollination

The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Vaccinium corymbosum at Archbold Biological Station: [3]

Apidae: Apis mellifera, Bombus impatiens, Habropoda laboriosa

Colletidae: Hylaeus confluens

Halictidae: Augochlorella gratiosa, Augochloropsis anonyma, A. sumptuosa, Lasioglossum placidensis

Leucospididae: Leucospis robertsoni, L. slossonae

Vespidae: Pachodynerus nasidens, Polistes bahamensis, Stenodynerus histrionalis rufustus, S. lineatifrons, Zethus slossonae

Conservation and management

Cultivation and restoration

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References and notes

  1. Jump up Nelson, G. PanFlora: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Accessed: 14 DEC 2016
  2. Jump up Kirkman, L. Katherine. Unpublished database of seed dispersal mode of plants found in Coastal Plain longleaf pine-grasslands of the Jones Ecological Research Center, Georgia.
  3. Jump up Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.