Vaccinium glaucoalbum
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Vaccinium |
| Species: | V. glaucoalbum
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| Binomial name | |
| Vaccinium glaucoalbum | |
Vaccinium glaucoalbum, the grey-white blueberry, is a species of Vaccinium native to Nepal, east Himalaya, and Myanmar, and Tibet and Yunnan in China.[1] An evergreen shrub with white-bloomed black berries, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.[2] It grows in thickets and forest margins.[3] Local people collect and eat the fruit.[4]
Taxonomy[edit]
Vaccinium glaucoalbum was first described for science by Charles Baron Clarke in the third volume of Hooker's Flora of British India, published in 1882. Clarke attributed the name to Hooker.[1][5] In the same work, Clarke also described Vaccinium sikkimense.[6] Some sources agree this is a separate species,[7] while others treat it as a synonym of V. glaucoalbum.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Vaccinium glaucoalbum Hook.f. ex C.B.Clarke". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ "Vaccinium glaucoalbum grey-white blueberry". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ "Vaccinium glaucoalbum in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
- ^ Hui, Pallabi K.; Tag, Hui; Jambhulkar, Sanjay; Ananthan, R.; Godugu, Chandraiah; Bansod, Sapana; Taram, Momang; Yanka, Hage; Gupta, Debmalya D.; Paul, Dipayan; Tsering, Jambey; Tshering, Deki; Das, Tridip J.; Das, Sanjib K. (2019). "Ethnobotanical notes on significant food and medicinal flora used by the indigenous Monpa and Nyishi communities of Arunachal Pradesh, India". Pleione. 13 (2): 291. doi:10.26679/Pleione.13.2.2019.291-304.
- ^ Clarke, C.B. (1882). "Order LXXXI Vacciniaceae". In Hooker, J.D. (ed.). The Flora of British India. Vol. 3. London: L. Reeve. pp. 442–455. Retrieved 5 February 2021. p. 453.
- ^ Clarke (1882), p. 451.
- ^ "Vaccinium sikkimense C.B.Clarke". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ "Vaccinium sikkimense". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 5 February 2021.