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The genus Vaccinium is in the family Ericaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Vaccinium

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Vaccinium albidens H. Lév. & Vaniot	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium almedae Wilbur & Luteyn	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium arbuscula (A. Gray) Howell	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium arbutoides C.B. Clarke	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium arcuatum (Ashe) Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium ardisioides Hook. f. ex C.B. Clarke	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium arenicola (Ashe) Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium bellum (Ashe) Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium bocatorense Wilbur	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium brachyandrum C.Y. Wu & R.C. Fang	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium brachybotrys (Franch.) Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium bracteatum Thunb.	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium breedlovei L.O. Williams	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium brevipedicellatum C.Y. Wu ex W.P. Fang & Z.H. Pan	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium bullatum (Dop) Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium bulleyanum (Diels) Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium caespitosum Michx.	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium campanense Wilbur & Luteyn	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium candicans (C. Mohr) Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium carlesii Dunn	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium cavinerve C.Y. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium chaetothrix Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium chamaebuxus C.Y. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium chengiae W.P. Fang	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium chimantense Maguire, Steyerm. & Luteyn	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Vaccinium chunii Merr. ex Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium conchophyllum Rehder	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium concoloratum (Ashe) Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium confertum Kunth	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium consanguineum Klotzsch	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium cordifolium (M. Martens & Galeotti) Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium corymbodendron Dunal	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Vaccinium corymbosum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Vaccinium costaricense Wilbur & Luteyn	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium craspedotum Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium crassivenium Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium crenatum (G.Don) Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Vaccinium cuspidifolium C.Y. Wu & R.C. Fang	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium delavayi Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium dendrocharis Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium dependens (G. Don) Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium depressum (Small) Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium didymanthum Dunal	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium distichum Luteyn	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium duclouxii (H. Lév.) Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium dunalianum Wight	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium dunnianum Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium elvirae Luteyn	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium emarginatum Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium euryanthum A.C.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Vaccinium exaristatum Kurz	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium fimbribracteatum C.Y. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium fimbricalyx Chun & W.P. Fang	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium floccosum (L.O. Williams) Wilbur & Luteyn	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium floribundum Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Vaccinium floridanum (Nutt.) Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium foetidissimum H. Lév. & Vaniot	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium fragile Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium furfuraceum Wilbur & Luteyn	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium gaultheriifolium (Griff.) Hook. f. ex C.B. Clarke	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium glandulosum (Ashe) Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium glaucoalbum Hook. f. ex C.B. Clarke	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium glaucophyllum C.Y. Wu & R.C. Fang	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium guangdongense W.P. Fang & Z.H. Pan	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium hainanense Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium haitangense Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium harmandianum Dop	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium henryi Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium hirtum Thunb.	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium holophyllum (Small) Uphof	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium × hybridum Czerep.	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium impressinerve C.Y. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium interius (Ashe) Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium × intermedium Ruthe	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium iteophyllum Hance	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium japonicum Miq.	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium jefense Luteyn & Wilbur	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium kachinense Brandis	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium kengii C.E. Chang	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium kingdon-wardii Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium koreanum Nakai	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium lamprophyllum C.Y. Wu & R.C. Fang	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium langloisii (Greene) Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium lanigerum Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium latifolium (Griseb.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Vaccinium lautum (Ashe) Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium leptosepalum (Small) Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium leucanthum Schltdl.	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium leucobotrys (Nutt.) G. Nicholson	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium liparum (Small) Uphof	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium longicaudatum Chun ex W.P. Fang & Z.H. Pan	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium lundellianum L.O. Williams	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium luteynii Wilbur	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium macilentum (Small) Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Vaccinium madagascariense (Thouars ex Poir.) Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium mandarinorum Diels	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium mathewsii Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium melliflorum (Ruiz & Pav.) F. Muell.	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium meridionale Sw.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Vaccinium microcarpum (Turcz. ex Rupr.) Schmalh.	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium microphyllum (Hook.) Howell	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium minus Vorosch.	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium missouriense (Ashe) Ashe	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium modestum W.W. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium monteverdense Wilbur & Luteyn	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium moupinense Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium myrtillus L.	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium nummularia Hook. f. & Thomson ex C.B. Clarke	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium oblongifolium (Michx.) hort. ex Dun	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium oldhamii Miq.	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium oliganthum (Greene) Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium omeiensis W.P. Fang	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium orosiense Wilbur & Luteyn	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium oxycoccos L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Vaccinium papillatum P.F. Stevens	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium papulosum C.Y. Wu & R.C. Fang	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium parvum (Ashe) Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium penaeoides Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Vaccinium petelotii Merr.	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium pipolyi Luteyn	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Vaccinium poasanum Donn.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Vaccinium podocarpoideum W.P. Fang & Z.H. Pan	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium pratense P.C. Tam ex C.Y. Wu & R.C. Fang	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium pseudobullatum W.P. Fang & Z.H. Pan	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium pseudocaracasanum Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium pseudorobustum Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium pseudospadiceum Dop	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium pseudotonkinense Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium pterocalyx Luteyn	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Vaccinium puberulum Klotzsch ex Meisn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Vaccinium pubicalyx Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium quercinum (Ashe) Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium racemosum (Vahl) Wilbur & Luteyn	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium randaiense Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium retusum (Griff.) Hook. f. ex C.B. Clarke	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium roraimense N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Vaccinium rubescens R.C. Fang	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium santafeense Wilbur & Luteyn	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium saxicolum Chun ex Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium sciaphilum C.Y. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium scoparium Leiberg ex Coville	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium scopulorum W.W. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium selerianum (Loes.) Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Vaccinium sericeum (C. Mohr) E.J. Palmer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium serrulatum W.P. Fang & Z.H. Pan	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium sikkimense C.B. Clarke	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium sinicum Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium sphyrospermoides Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium spiculatum C.Y. Wu & R.C. Fang	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium sprengelii (G. Don) Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium stanleyi Schweinf.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Vaccinium stenophyllum Steud.	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium steyermarkii Luteyn	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Vaccinium subcordatum (Small) Uphof	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium subdissitifolium P.F. Stevens	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium subfalcatum Merr. ex Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium supracostatum Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium talamancense (Wilbur & Luteyn) Luteyn	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium tallapusae (Coville ex Small) Uphof	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium tenuiflorum R.C. Fang	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium trichocladum Merr. & F.P. Metcalf	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium triflorum Rehder	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium truncatocalyx Chun ex W.P. Fang & Z.H. Pan	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium uliginosum L.	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium urceolatum Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium vacciniaceum (Roxb.) Sleumer	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium venosum Wight	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium wilburii Almeda & Breedlove	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium wrightii A. Gray	Accepted		TRO
Vaccinium yaoshanicum Sleumer	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 908 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Vaccinium. Of these 172 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 134 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Vaccinium. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 908 species names for the genus Vaccinium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	172	18.9%
◕	Synonym	166	18.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	570	62.8%

All names

The status of the 1,042 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Vaccinium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	214	20.5%
◕	Synonym	243	23.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	585	56.1%

The confidence with which the status of the 908 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Vaccinium, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	160	155	0	0	315	34.7%
	Low confidence	12	11	0	570	593	65.3%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Vaccinium, are as follows: