Details for: PI 666682, Vaccinium reticulatum Sm., 'Red Button'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Vaccinium reticulatum Sm.

Cultivar:

'Red Button'

Origin:

Donated – Hawaii, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

08 Jan 2009

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Reproductive Uniformity:

Hybrid

Form Received:

In-vitro

Life Form:

Shrub

Life Habit:

Shrub

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Vaccinium reticulatum Sm.

Cultivar:

'Red Button'

Origin:

Donated – Hawaii, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

08 Jan 2009

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Reproductive Uniformity:

Hybrid

Form Received:

In-vitro

Life Form:

Shrub

Life Habit:

Shrub

Source History

Donated

08 January 2009.
Hawaii, United States

Donor(s):

Zee, Francis T.

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Red Button'

Type: Cultivar name

Zee, Francis T.

N06-9

Type: Developer identifier

Group: OTHERNUM

other identifier

Zee, Francis T.

CVAC 1818

Type: Site identifier

Group: LOCAL

Corvallis local number

Narrative

Red Button. An `ohelo berry (V. reticulatum) selected for ornamental traits and prolific berry production Origin: USDA-ARS, Hilo, HI by F. Zee. From native collected seed; selected 2006; tested as N06-9; introd. 2008. Fruit: medium;13 x 11 mm; round; light orange-yellow with red speckles; low sugars; 5% Brix with acidity similar to Bluecrop. Plant: up to 50 cm; more upright growth than Kilauea `ohelo; responds well to pruning and training, and can be shaped into a compact symmetrical canopy; ovate leaflets; 25 x 21mm; internodes; 3 mm; emerging buds are bright crimson, and expand into shiny, leathery, green leaves with a red margin; multiple flower buds emerge from the leaf axils and have red-purple calyx tips with a white margin, dark red fused sepals from budding through flowering; propagation by tissue culture or softwood.

Vaccinium reticulatum Sm.

Genus:

Vaccinium

Section:

Myrtillus

Family:

Ericaceae

Subfamily:

Vaccinioideae

Tribe:

Vaccinieae

Nomen number:

41053

Place of publication:

A. Rees, Cycl. 36: Vaccinium no. 30. 1817

Verified:

06/12/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Vaccinium peleanum Skottsb.

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	ohelo			1	Follet, P. A. & F. T. Zee. 2011. Host status of Vaccinium reticulatum (Ericaceae) to invasive Tephritid fruit flies in Hawaii. J. Econ. Entomol. 104:571-573.

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