Introductory
SPECIES: Vaccinium corymbosum | Highbush Blueberry 



ABBREVIATION : 
VACCOR

SYNONYMS : 
   Vaccinium amoenum Aiton
   Vaccinium fuscatum Aiton
   Vaccinium virgatum Aiton
   Vaccinium formosum Andr.
   Vaccinium disomorphum Michx.
   Vaccinium ligustrinum Pursh.
   Vaccinium myrtilloides Ell.
   Vaccinium elongatum Watson
   Vaccinium grandiflorum Watson
   Vaccinium marianum Watson
   Vaccinium albiflorum Hook.
   Vaccinium disocarpum Bigel.
   Vaccinium constablaei Gray
   Vaccinium elliottii Chapman
   Vaccinium atrococcum (Gray) Heller
   Vaccinium australe Small
   Vaccinium simulatum Small
   Vaccinium caesariense Mackenzie
   Vaccinium atlanticum Bicknell
   Vaccinium vicinum Bicknell
   Vaccinium carolinianum Ashe
   Vaccinium arkansanum Ashe
   Vaccinium ashei Reade
   Vaccinium cutbertii (Small) Uphof
   Vaccinium holophyllum (Small) Uphof
   Cyanococcus corybmosum (L.) Rydberg


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   VACO
   VAAS
   VAAU
   VAEL
   VAFU
   VAMA2


COMMON NAMES : 
   highbush blueberry
   high-bush blueberry
   northern highbush blueberry
   tall blueberry
   rabbiteye blueberry


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of highbush blueberry is
Vaccinium corymbosum L. [24].  It is a member of the true blueberry
section Cyanococcus.

The highbush blueberry complex is highly variable and includes diploids,
tetraploids, hexaploids, and various hybrid combinations [7,24].  It has
long been a subject of taxonomic confusion and controversy; numerous
taxonomic treatments have been proposed.  In 1945, Camp [2] proposed a
tentative classification of the highbush blueberry complex, dividing it
into 12 species as follows:

  V. fuscatum Aiton
  V. atrococcum (Gray) Heller
  V. caesariense Mackenzie
  V. elliottii Chapman
  V. australe Small
  V. corymbosum L.
  V. arkansanum Ashe
  V. marianum Watson
  V. simulatum Small
  V. constablaei Gray
  V. ashei Reade
  V. amoenum Aiton
 
Although tentative, this classification became widely accepted and was
incorporated in many Eastern floras.  Investigating morphological
variation within this group, Vander Kloet [24] concluded that all of
Camp's proposed species should be considered one species, Vaccinium
corymbosum L.  Camp's proposed species are thus now considered to be
synonymous with Vaccinium corymbosum.

Highbush blueberry hybridizes with low sweet blueberry (V.
angustifolium) [24].


LIFE FORM : 
Shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Ronald Uchytil, February 1992


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Uchytil, Ronald J. 1993. Vaccinium corymbosum. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Vaccinium corymbosum | Highbush Blueberry