Genus Vaccinium L.

section Macropelma


Summary
Genus number:
18655
Last updated:
14 December 2012
Family:
Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Vaccinioideae
Tribe:
Vaccinieae
Accession count:

0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:

There are no associated species records for this genus in GRIN.

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References:
  1. Powell, E. A. & K. A. Kron. 2002. Hawaiian blueberries and their relatives - A phylogenetic analysis of Vaccinium sections Macropelma, Myrtillus, and Hemimyrtillus (Ericaceae). Syst. Bot. 27:768-779. Note: accepts
  2. Vander Kloet, S. P. & T. A. Dickinson. 2009. A subgeneric classification of the genus Vaccinium and the metamorphosis of V. section Bracteata Nakai: more terrestrial and less epiphytic in habit, more continental and less insular in distribution. J. Pl. Res. 122:265. Note: = Vaccinium sect. Myrtillus
  3. Vander Kloet, S. P. 1996. Taxonomy of Vaccinium sect. Macropelma (Ericaceae). Syst. Bot. 21:355-364. Note: accepts
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/taxonomygenus?id=18655&type=section. Accessed 12 May 2026.