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===Subgenera=== {{main|List of Vaccinium species|l1=List of ''Vaccinium'' species}} [[File:Vaccinium oxycoccos Ypey28.jpg|thumbnail|upright=.7|right|''[[Cranberry|Vaccinium oxycoccos]]'', the common cranberry, one kind of cranberry]] A classification predating [[molecular phylogeny]] divides ''Vaccinium'' into subgenera and several sections: {{Div col}} ;Subgenus '''''Oxycoccus''''': The [[cranberry|cranberries]], with slender, trailing, wiry non-woody shoots and strongly reflexed flower petals. Some botanists treat ''Oxycoccus'' as a distinct genus. *Sect. ''Oxycoccus'' **''[[Vaccinium macrocarpon]]'' β American cranberry **''[[Vaccinium oxycoccos]]'' β common cranberry **''[[Vaccinium microcarpum]]'' β small bog cranberry<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/7135733 |title=GBIF: ''Vaccinium microcarpum'' |access-date=2016-10-17}}</ref><ref>{{EOL|2891482|Vaccinium microcarpum|access-date=2016-10-17}}</ref> *Sect. ''Oxycoccoides'' **''[[Vaccinium erythrocarpum]]'' β southern mountain cranberry **''[[Vaccinium japonicum]]'' β mountain blueberry ;Subgenus '''''Vaccinium''''': All the other species, with thicker, upright woody shoots and bell-shaped flowers. *Sect. ''Batodendron'' **''[[Vaccinium arboreum]]'' β sparkleberry **''[[Creeping blueberry|Vaccinium crassifolium]]'' β creeping blueberry *Sect. ''Brachyceratium'' **''[[Vaccinium dependens]]'' *Sect. ''Bracteata'' **''[[Vaccinium acrobracteatum]]'' **''[[Vaccinium barandanum]]'' **''[[Vaccinium bracteatum]]'' **''[[Vaccinium coriaceum]]'' **''[[Vaccinium cornigerum]]'' **''[[Vaccinium cruentum]]'' **''[[Vaccinium hooglandii]]'' **''[[Vaccinium horizontale]]'' **''[[Vaccinium laurifolium]]'' **''[[Vaccinium lucidum]]'' **''[[Vaccinium myrtoides]]'' **''[[Vaccinium phillyreoides]]'' **''[[Vaccinium reticulatovenosum]]'' **''[[Vaccinium sparsum]]'' **''[[Vaccinium varingifolium]]'' *Sect. ''Ciliata'' **''[[Vaccinium ciliatum]]'' **''[[Vaccinium oldhamii]]'' - Japanese blueberry *Sect. ''Cinctosandra'' **''[[Vaccinium exul]]'' *Sect. ''Conchophyllum'' **''[[Vaccinium corymbodendron]]'' **''[[Vaccinium delavayi]]'' **''[[Vaccinium emarginatum]]'' **''[[Vaccinium griffithianum]]'' **''[[Vaccinium moupinense]]'' β Himalayan blueberry **''[[Vaccinium neilgherrense]]'' **''[[Vaccinium nummularia]]'' **''[[Vaccinium retusum]]'' *Sect. ''Cyanococcus'' β typical North American [[blueberry|blueberries]] **''[[Vaccinium angustifolium]]'' β lowbush blueberry - also known as ''[[Vaccinium stenophyllum]]''<ref>{{Tropicos|12302882|Vaccinium stenophyllum}}</ref> **''[[Vaccinium boreale]]'' β northern blueberry **''[[Vaccinium caesariense]]'' β New Jersey blueberry **''[[Vaccinium corymbosum]]'' β highbush blueberry **''[[Vaccinium darrowii]]'' β evergreen blueberry **''[[Vaccinium elliottii]]'' β Elliott's blueberry **''[[Vaccinium formosum]]'' **''[[Vaccinium fuscatum]]'' β black highbush blueberry; syn. ''V. atrococcum'' **''[[Vaccinium hirsutum]]'' **''[[Vaccinium myrsinites]]'' β evergreen blueberry **''[[Vaccinium myrtilloides]]'' β Canadian blueberry **''[[Vaccinium pallidum]]'' <small>Ait.</small> β dryland blueberry;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/frame/vapa4.htm |title=''Vaccinium pallidum'' Aiton |website=www.cas.Vanderbilt.edu |access-date=13 June 2017 |archive-date=25 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425082800/http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/frame/vapa4.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref> syn. ''V. vacillans'' <small>Torr.</small> **''[[Vaccinium simulatum]]'' **''[[Vaccinium tenellum]]'' **''[[Vaccinium virgatum]]'' β rabbiteye blueberry; syn. ''V. ashei'' *Sect. ''Eococcus'' **''[[Vaccinium fragile]]'' *Sect. ''Epigynium'' **''[[Vaccinium vacciniaceum]]'' *Sect. ''Galeopetalum'' **''[[Vaccinium chunii]]'' **''[[Vaccinium dunalianum]]'' **''[[Vaccinium glaucoalbum]]'' **''[[Vaccinium sikkimense]]'' (may not be treated as a separate species from ''V. glaucoalbum'') **''[[Vaccinium urceolatum]]'' *Sect. ''Hemimyrtillus'' **''[[Vaccinium arctostaphylos]]'' **''[[Vaccinium cylindraceum]]'' **''[[Vaccinium hirtum]]'' **''[[Vaccinium padifolium]]'' β Madeira blueberry **''[[Vaccinium smallii]]'' *Sect. ''Koreanum'' **''[[Vaccinium koreanum]]'' β Korean blueberry *Sect. ''Myrtillus'' (including sect. ''Macropelma'') β bilberries and relatives. Monophyly of this section has been confirmed by matK and nuclear ribosomal ITS sequence data.<ref name="kron" /> **''[[Vaccinium calycinum]]'' <small>[[James Edward Smith (botanist)|Sm.]]</small> β {{lang|haw|[[Κ»Εhelo kau laΚ»au]]}} ([[Hawaii|Hawai{{okina}}i]]) **''[[Vaccinium cereum]]'' <small>(L.f.) Forst.f.</small> β east Polynesian blueberry, Pacific blueberry **''[[Vaccinium cespitosum]]'' β [[dwarf bilberry]] **''[[Vaccinium deliciosum]]'' β [[Cascade bilberry]], Cascade blueberry, blueleaf huckleberry **''[[Vaccinium dentatum]]'' <small>[[James Edward Smith (botanist)|Sm.]]</small> β {{lang|haw|Κ»Εhelo}} (Hawai{{okina}}i) **''[[Vaccinium membranaceum]]'' β [[square-twig blueberry]], thinleaf huckleberry, tall huckleberry, big huckleberry, mountain huckleberry, "[[black huckleberry]]" **''[[Vaccinium myrtillus]]'' β [[common bilberry]], blue whortleberry, blaeberry, fraughan, hurtleberry **''[[Vaccinium ovalifolium]]'' β [[Alaska blueberry]], early blueberry, oval-leaf blueberry **''[[Vaccinium parvifolium]]'' β [[red huckleberry]] **[[Vaccinium praestans]] β ''[[krasnika]]'' ({{langx|ru|[[:ru:ΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊΠ°|ΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊΠ°]]}}), Kamchatka bilberry **''[[Vaccinium reticulatum]]'' β {{lang|haw|[[Κ»Εhelo Κ»ai]]}} (Hawai{{okina}}i) **''[[Vaccinium scoparium]]'' β [[grouse whortleberry]], grouseberry, littleleaf huckleberry **''[[Vaccinium shastense]]'' - [[Shasta huckleberry]] *Sect. ''Neurodesia'' **''[[Vaccinium crenatum]]'' *Sect. ''Oarianthe'' **''[[Vaccinium ambyandrum]]'' **''[[Vaccinium cyclopense]]'' *Sect. ''Oreades'' **''[[Vaccinium poasanum]]'' *Sect. ''Pachyanthum'' **''[[Vaccinium fissiflorum]]'' *Sect. ''Polycodium'' **''[[Vaccinium stamineum]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]</small> β deerberry; syn. ''V. caesium'' (eastern North America) (images<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/frame/vast.htm |title=''Vaccinium stamineum'' L. |website=www.cas.Vanderbilt.edu |access-date=13 June 2017 |archive-date=25 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425085811/http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/frame/vast.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref>) *Sect. ''Pyxothamnus'' **''[[Vaccinium chihuahuense]]'' **''[[Vaccinium confertum]]'' **''[[Vaccinium consanguineum]]'' **''[[Vaccinium corymbodendron]]'' **''[[Vaccinium floribundum]]'' **''[[Vaccinium meridionale]]'' **''[[Vaccinium ovatum]]'' <small>[[Frederick Traugott Pursh|Pursh]]</small> β California huckleberry (or evergreen huckleberry) (coastal western North America). First collected and described for western science by Meriwether Lewis.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://plantsystematics.org/reveal/pbio/LnC/LnCpublic9.html |title=Lewis and Clark Herbarium - Plants collected by Lewis and Clark |website=plantsystematics.org|access-date=2019-12-20}}</ref> *Sect. ''Vaccinium'' **''[[Vaccinium uliginosum]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]</small> β northern (or bog) bilberry (or blueberry); syn. ''V. occidentale'' (northern North America and Eurasia) *Sect. ''Vitis-idaea'' **''[[Vaccinium vitis-idaea]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]</small> β partridgeberry, cowberry, redberry, red whortleberry, or lingonberry (northern North America and Eurasia) {{Div col end}}
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