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SPECIES: Vaccinium myrsinites | Ground Blueberry 



ABBREVIATION : 
VACMYS

SYNONYMS : 
   Cyanococcus myrsinites
   Vaccinium nitidum
   Vaccinium nitidum var. decumbens


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   VAMY3


COMMON NAMES : 
   ground blueberry
   low blueberry
   dwarf blueberry
   Florida evergreen blueberry
   southern evergreen blueberry
   lowbush blueberry
   shiny blueberry


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of ground blueberry is Vaccinium
myrsinites Lam. [24].  Ground blueberry has been described as a hybrid
species [43] and is believed to have been derived from a small cluster
blueberry (V. tennelum)-Darrow's evergreen blueberry (V.  darrowii)
cross [8].  A darrowoid phase, exhibiting characteristics more typical
of Darrow's evergreen blueberry, is concentrated along the Florida Gulf
Coast, whereas a tennelloid phase, more closely resembling small cluster
blueberry, occurs in northeastern Florida and southern Georgia [8].  A
number of forms of ground blueberry have been reported [7].  Ground
blueberry hybridizes with many species including V.  arkansanum, low
sweet blueberry (V. angustifolium), V. australe, V.  fuscatum, highbush
blueberry (V. corymbosum), and downy blueberry (V.  atrococcum)
[8,41,45].  Numerous backcrosses and intermediates have been reported
[8].  In northern Florida and southern Georgia, populations of V.
myrsinites-V. virgatum hybrids are common [44].


LIFE FORM : 
Shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
D. Tirmenstein, August 1990


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Tirmenstein, D. 1990. Vaccinium myrsinites. In: Remainder of Citation

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