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SPECIES: Vaccinium angustifolium | Low Sweet Blueberry 



ABBREVIATION : 
VACANG

SYNONYMS : 
NO-ENTRY


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   VAAN


COMMON NAMES : 
   low sweet blueberry


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of low sweet blueberry is
Vaccinium angustifolium Ait. (Ericaceae) [77,93].  Autopolyploidy and
allopolyploidy are common in Vaccinium spp. [137] and contribute to the
taxonomic complexity of this group [34].  Most researchers recognize low
sweet blueberry as a single, highly polymorphic, species.  Thus, earlier
treatments that recognized many varieties and forms of low sweet
blueberry are now considered misleading and inappropriate [157].

Low sweet blueberry hybridizes with many species, including highbush
blueberry (V. corymbosum), velvetleaf blueberry, bog blueberry (V.
uglinosum), hillside blueberry (V. pallidum), ground blueberry (V.
myrsinites), downy blueberry (V. atrococcum), and V. caesariense
[34,150,155,157].  Interspecific hybrid swarms have been reported [137].
The entity formerly known as V. angustifolium var. hypolasium Fernald
(var. integrefolium Leepage) may be a natural hybrid of velvetleaf
blueberry, sweet hurt's blueberry (Vaccinium boreale), and low sweet
blueberry [137].  Hybrids of low sweet blueberry and highbush blueberry
have been designated as V. atlanticum Bicknell [150].


LIFE FORM : 
Shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
D. Tirmenstein, May 1991
 


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Tirmenstein, D. A. 1991.  Vaccinium angustifolium. In: Remainder of Citation

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