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BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ERICACEAE
(heaths and heathers)
Vaccinium
(bilberries and cranberries)
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Vaccinium (bilberries and cranberries)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos #refs #webs
Species Vaccinium acrobracteatum (a house plant)       1
Species Vaccinium amblyandrum (a house plant)       1
Species Vaccinium bancanum (a house plant)       1
Species Vaccinium corymbosum L. (Blueberry)       4
Species Vaccinium filiforme (a house plant)       1
Species Vaccinium microcarpum (Turcz. ex Rupr.) Schmalh. (Small Cranberry)       1
Species Vaccinium monanthum (a house plant)       1
Species Vaccinium myrtillus L. (Bilberry) 10 5 1 26
Hybrid Vaccinium myrtillus x vitis-idaea (V. x intermedium) Ruthe (Hybrid Bilberry)       2
Species Vaccinium oxycoccos L. (Cranberry)       6
Species Vaccinium reticulatovenosum (a house plant)       1
Species Vaccinium tenerellum (a house plant)       1
Species Vaccinium uliginosum L. (Bog Bilberry)       13
Species Vaccinium varingiaefolium (a house plant)       1
Species Vaccinium vitis-idaea L. (Cowberry) 19     18

Suggested Literature

Vaccinium may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 PLANTAE
(plants)		 SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)		 MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)		 MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)		 ERICACEAE
(heaths and heathers)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Vaccinium:

Photos is associate of Caenopsis fissirostris - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Morris, M.G., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by erumpent pseudothecium Leptosphaerulina myrtillina - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causing brown purple-bordered spots]
leaf (margin) leaf (margin) is galled by Phyllocoptes vaccinii - a gall mite (Tarsonemoidea: Eriophyidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Caliroa annulipes - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1952 [skeletonises the leaf, leaving one cuticle intactskeletonises the leaf, leaving one cuticle intact]
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Nematus reticulatus - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Restricted Benson, R.B., 1958
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Pristiphora carinata - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Restricted Benson, R.B., 1958
stem stem is galled by uredium Naohidemyces vacciniorum - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniastraceae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
stem stem is galled by telium Naohidemyces vacciniorum - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniastraceae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
twig end (live) live twig end is spotted by erumpent pseudothecium Leptosphaerulina myrtillina - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causing brown purple-bordered spots]

Vaccinium may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)		 MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)		 ERICACEAE
(heaths and heathers)

References

Benson, R.B., 1952 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
Benson, R.B., 1958 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Morris, M.G., 1997 Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae)
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls

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