Taxon: Vaccinium erythrocarpum Michx. subsp. japonicum (Miq.) Vander Kloet

Summary

Genus:

Vaccinium

Section:

Oxycoccoides

Family:

Ericaceae

Subfamily:

Vaccinioideae

Tribe:

Vaccinieae

Nomen number:

416059

Place of publication:

Rhodora 93:235. 1991

Verified:

01/14/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

4 (4 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Vaccinium erythrocarpum Michx. (7 active accession[s])
Vaccinium erythrocarpum Michx. subsp. erythrocarpum (8 active accession[s])

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

Basionym
Vaccinium japonicum Miq.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Hugeria japonica (Miq.) Nakai

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: mentions
Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan. Note: = Vaccinium japonicum Miq.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Reference
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Anhui Sheng	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Fujian Sheng	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Gansu Sheng	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangdong Sheng	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guizhou Sheng	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hubei Sheng	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hunan Sheng	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Jiangxi Sheng	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Sichuan Sheng	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Yunnan Sheng	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Zhejiang Sheng	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Hokkaidô	Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan. Note: = Vaccinium japonicum Miq.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Honshu	Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan. Note: = Vaccinium japonicum Miq.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Kyushu	Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan. Note: = Vaccinium japonicum Miq.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Shikoku	Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan. Note: = Vaccinium japonicum Miq.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Korea, South	Jeju-teukbyeoljachido	Vander Kloet, S. P. 1991. Taxonomy of Vaccinium section Oxycoccoides (Ericaceae). Rhodora 93:235.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Taiwan		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Sakhalin	Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.

Native
Asia-Temperate

RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Sakhalin]
CHINA: China [Anhui Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Gansu Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Guizhou Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng]
EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Hokkaidô, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku], Korea, South [Jeju-teukbyeoljachido], Taiwan

Reference(s)

Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan. Note: = Vaccinium japonicum Miq.
Vander Kloet, S. P. 1991. Taxonomy of Vaccinium section Oxycoccoides (Ericaceae). Rhodora 93:235.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=416059. Accessed 15 April 2026.