Vaccinium glaucoalbum
Species of plant in the genus Vaccinium From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Species of plant in the genus Vaccinium From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vaccinium glaucoalbum, the grey-white blueberry, is a species of Vaccinium native to Nepal, east Himalaya, and Myanmar, and Tibet and Yunnan in China.[1] An evergreen shrub with white-bloomed black berries, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.[2] It grows in thickets and forest margins.[3] Local people collect and eat the fruit.[4]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Vaccinium |
| Species: | V. glaucoalbum |
| Binomial name | |
| Vaccinium glaucoalbum | |
Vaccinium glaucoalbum was first described for science by Charles Baron Clarke in the third volume of Hooker's Flora of British India, published in 1882. Clarke attributed the name to Hooker.[1][5] In the same work, Clarke also described Vaccinium sikkimense.[6] Some sources agree this is a separate species,[7] while others treat it as a synonym of V. glaucoalbum.[8]
