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Common name: Highbush blueberry
 
Common name: Highbush blueberry
 
==Taxonomic notes==
 
==Taxonomic notes==
Synonyms: ''Cyanococcus corymbosus'' (Linnaeus) Rydberg; ''V. constablaei'' A. Gray.
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Synonyms: ''Cyanococcus corymbosus'' (Linnaeus) Rydberg; ''V. constablaei'' A. Gray.<ref>Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draf of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
  
Varieties: ''V. corymbosum'' var. ''corymbosum''; ''V. corymbosum'' var. ''albiflorum'' (Hooker) Fernald; ''V. corymbosum'' var. ''glabrum''.
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Varieties: ''V. corymbosum'' var. ''corymbosum''; ''V. corymbosum'' var. ''albiflorum'' (Hooker) Fernald; ''V. corymbosum'' var. ''glabrum''.<ref>Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draf of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
  
 
==Description==  
 
==Description==  

Revision as of 08:40, 13 May 2021

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.
Vacc cory dist.jpg
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.[1]

Varieties: V. corymbosum var. corymbosum; V. corymbosum var. albiflorum (Hooker) Fernald; V. corymbosum var. glabrum.[2]

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.[3]

Seed dispersal

This species is thought to be dispersed by consumption by vertebrates.[4]

Pollination

The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Vaccinium corymbosum at Archbold Biological Station:[5]

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

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draf of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  2. Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draf of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  3. 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
  4. 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.
  5. Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.