Plant Details

Accepted name:: Vaccinium corymbosum L. [Ericaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amerikanisch blaubeere	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
blue berries	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
blueberry	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
giant whortleberry	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
heidelbeere	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
high-bush blueberry	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
kultur-heidelbeere	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 55 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cyanococcus amoenus (Aiton) Small Man. S.E. Fl.: 1014 (1933).
Cyanococcus corymbosus (L.) Rydb. Brittonia 1: 94 (1931).
Cyanococcus cuthbertii Small Man. S.E. Fl.: 1015 (1933).
Cyanococcus elliottii (Chapm.) Small Man. S.E. Fl.: 1014 (1933).
Cyanococcus holophyllus Small Man. S.E. Fl.: 1015 (1933).
Cyanococcus simulatus (Small) Small Man. S.E. Fl.: 1015 (1933).
Cyanococcus virgatus (Aiton) Small Man. S.E. Fl.: 1014 (1933).
Polycodium arcuatum Ashe J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 46: 207 (1931).
Polycodium sericeum (C.Mohr) C.B.Rob. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 39: 559 (1912).
Polycodium sericeum f. chrysocarpon Ashe J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 46: 206 (1931).
Polycodium sericeum var. eburneum Ashe J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 46: 206 (1931).
Polycodium sericeum var. elongatum Ashe J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 46: 206 (1931).
Vaccinium albiflorum Hook. Bot. Mag. 62: t. 3428 (1835).
Vaccinium amoenum Aiton Hort. Kew. 2: 12 (1789).
Vaccinium arcuatum (Ashe) Sleumer Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 71: 426 (1941).
Vaccinium ashei Reade Torreya 31: 71 (1931).
Vaccinium constablaei A.Gray Amer. J. Sci. Arts 42: 42 (1842).
Vaccinium corymbosum var. albiflorum (Hook.) Fernald Rhodora 51: 104 (1949).
Vaccinium corymbosum f. albiflorum (Hook.) Camp Amer. Midl. Naturalist 23: 177 (1940).
Vaccinium corymbosum var. amoenum (Aiton) A.Gray Manual, ed. 2: 250 (1856).
Vaccinium corymbosum var. atrocarpum A.Gray Manual, ed. 2: 250 (1856).
Vaccinium corymbosum var. disocarpum (A.Gray) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. Prelim. Cat.: 32 (1888).
Vaccinium corymbosum var. glabrum A.Gray Manual, ed. 2: 250 (1856).
Vaccinium corymbosum f. glabrum (A.Gray) Camp Amer. Midl. Naturalist 23: 177 (1940).
Vaccinium corymbosum f. laeve F.Seym. Fl. New England: 434 (1969).
Vaccinium corymbosum f. leucococcum W.Deane Rhodora 3: 265 (1901).
Vaccinium corymbosum f. typicum Camp Amer. Midl. Naturalist 23: 177 (1940), not validly publ.
Vaccinium corymbosum var. virgatum Alph.Wood Class-book Bot.: 483 (1861).
Vaccinium corymbosum f. viride F.Seym. Fl. New England: 434 (1969).
Vaccinium cuthbertii (Small) Uphof Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 48: 18 (1936).
Vaccinium disocarpum A.Gray Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 23 (1878).
Vaccinium disomorphum Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 231 (1803).
Vaccinium elliottii Chapm. Fl. South. U.S.: 260 (1860).
Vaccinium elongatum P.Watson Dendrol. Brit. 2: t. 125 B (1825).
Vaccinium galezans Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 232 (1803).
Vaccinium galiformis Sm. in A.Rees, Cycl. 36: n.° 16 (1817).
Vaccinium grandiflorum P.Watson Dendrol. Brit. 2: t. 125 A (1825).
Vaccinium holophyllum (Small) Uphof Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 48: 19 (1936).
Vaccinium latifolium Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 739 (1841), not validly publ.
Vaccinium marylandicum Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 739 (1841), not validly publ.
Vaccinium melanocarpum var. sericeum C.Mohr Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 6: 658 (1901).
Vaccinium myrtilloides Elliott Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 500 (1821), sensu auct.
Vaccinium sericeum (C.Mohr) E.J.Palmer J. Arnold Arbor. 13: 429 (1932).
Vaccinium sericeum f. chrysocarpon (Ashe) Sleumer Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 71: 426 (1941).
Vaccinium sericeum var. eburneum (Ashe) Sleumer Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 71: 426 (1941).
Vaccinium sericeum var. elongatum (Ashe) Sleumer Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 71: 425 (1941).
Vaccinium simulatum Small Fl. S.E. U.S.: 896 (1903).
Vaccinium stamineum var. sericeum (C.Mohr) D.B.Ward Castanea 39: 201 (1974).
Vaccinium vicinum E.P.Bicknell Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 41: 425 (1914).
Vaccinium virgatum Aiton Hort. Kew. 2: 12 (1789).
Vaccinium virgatum var. angustifolium P.Watson Dendrol. Brit. 1: t. 32 (1825).
Vaccinium virgatum var. latifolium Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 7: 572 (1839).
Vaccinium virgatum var. ozarkense Ashe Torreya 25: 10 (1925).
Vaccinium virgatum var. parvifolium A.Gray Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 22 (1878).
Vaccinium virgatum var. speciosum E.J.Palmer J. Arnold Arbor. 7: 133 (1926).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Vaccinium corymbosum	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Vaccinium corymbosum L.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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