Details for: PI 555109, Vaccinium myrtillus L., V. myrtillus Idaho

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Vaccinium myrtillus L.

Top Name:

V. myrtillus Idaho

Origin:

Collected – Idaho, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

24 Aug 1989

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Vaccinium myrtillus L.

Top Name:

V. myrtillus Idaho

Origin:

Collected – Idaho, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

24 Aug 1989

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Collected

August 1989.
Idaho, United States
Locality: Bitterroot Nat'l Forest, Hell's Half Acre Mountain, old burn
Coordinates: 45.8333, -115.2500 (Map it)
Elevation: 2440m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Bitterroot Nat'l Forest, Hell's Half Acre Mountain, old burn

Collector(s):

Donated

24 August 1989.
Minnesota, United States
Comment: Seed collected from the wild by Luby and received at NCGR- Corvallis
Donor(s):

Luby, James, University of Minnesota

Accession Names and Identifiers

V. myrtillus Idaho

Type: Site identifier

CVAC 678

Type: Site identifier

Group: LOCAL

Corvallis local number

LH 25-2

Type: Site identifier

Group: OTHERNUM

other identifier

MYRTILLUS

Type: Site identifier

Group: CROPTYPE

JH 0789

Type: Exploration identifier

Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS

Exploration ID links

Narrative

Typical purple fruit, plants 10-30cm tall. Some plants were quite productive

Vaccinium myrtillus L.

Genus:

Vaccinium

Section:

Myrtillus

Family:

Ericaceae

Subfamily:

Vaccinioideae

Tribe:

Vaccinieae

Nomen number:

41040

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:349. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

01/14/2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Vaccinium yatabei Makino

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	bilberry		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	blaeberry		1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	dwarf bilberry		1	Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955-1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest.
English	European blueberry		1	Oklahoma invasive Plant database
English	whinberry		1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	whortleberry		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	myrtille		2	Feuillet, C. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. French common names
German	Heidelbeere		2	Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
Japanese Rōmaji	aojiku-sunoki	as Vaccinium yatabei	2	Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan. Note: = Vaccinium yatabei Makino
Japanese Rōmaji	hime-usunoki	as Vaccinium yatabei	2	Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan. Note: = Vaccinium yatabei Makino
Portuguese (Brazil)	mirtilo		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	uva-do-monte		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Swedish	blåbär		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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