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Common names: Shiny blueberry, Southern evergreen blueberry
 
==Taxonomic notes==
 
==Taxonomic notes==
 
Synonym: ''Cyanococcus myrsinites'' (Lamarck) Small var. ''myrsinites''
 
Synonym: ''Cyanococcus myrsinites'' (Lamarck) Small var. ''myrsinites''
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According to Kay Kirkman, a plant ecologist, this species disperses by being consumed by vertebrates (being assumed). <ref name="KK"> Kay Kirkman, unpublished data, 2015. </ref>
 
According to Kay Kirkman, a plant ecologist, this species disperses by being consumed by vertebrates (being assumed). <ref name="KK"> Kay Kirkman, unpublished data, 2015. </ref>
 
 
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Vespidae:  ''Parancistrocerus salcularis rufulus, Pseudodynerus quadrisectus, Stenodynerus fundatiformis, S. histrionalis rufustus, S. lineatifrons''
 
Vespidae:  ''Parancistrocerus salcularis rufulus, Pseudodynerus quadrisectus, Stenodynerus fundatiformis, S. histrionalis rufustus, S. lineatifrons''
 
 
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==Conservation and management==
 
==Conservation and management==
 
 
==Cultivation and restoration==
 
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==Photo Gallery==
 
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File: Vacc_myrs_SDenton_ISB-AtlasofFLPlants6.jpg | <center> Flowers of ''Vaccinium'' ''myrsinites'' <p> Photo by Shirley Denton (copyrighted- use by photographer’s permission only), [http://www.florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=653&display=photos  Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants] </p>
 
File: Vacc_myrs_SDenton_ISB-AtlasofFLPlants6.jpg | <center> Flowers of ''Vaccinium'' ''myrsinites'' <p> Photo by Shirley Denton (copyrighted- use by photographer’s permission only), [http://www.florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=653&display=photos  Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants] </p>
 
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==References and notes==
 
==References and notes==

Revision as of 15:22, 27 September 2016

Vaccinium myrsinites
Vacc myrs.jpg
Photo by Pat Howell, Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Vaccinium
Species: V. myrsinites
Binomial name
Vaccinium myrsinites
Lam.
Vacc myrs dist.jpg
Natural range of Vaccinium myrsinites from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common names: Shiny blueberry, Southern evergreen blueberry

Taxonomic notes

Synonym: Cyanococcus myrsinites (Lamarck) Small var. myrsinites

Description

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

Distribution

Ecology

Seed dispersal

According to Kay Kirkman, a plant ecologist, this species disperses by being consumed by vertebrates (being assumed). [1]

Pollination

The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Vaccinium myrsinites at Archbold Biological Station: [2]

Apidae: Nomada fervida

Halictidae: Agapostemon splendens, Augochlorella aurata, A. gratiosa, Augochloropsis anonyma, A. metallica, A. sumptuosa, Lasioglossum pectoralis

Leucospididae: Leucospis slossonae

Megachilidae: Coelioxys sayi, Megachile brevis pseudobrevis, M. mendica

Sphecidae: Ectemnius rufipes ais

Vespidae: Parancistrocerus salcularis rufulus, Pseudodynerus quadrisectus, Stenodynerus fundatiformis, S. histrionalis rufustus, S. lineatifrons

Conservation and management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. Kay Kirkman, unpublished data, 2015.
  2. Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.