Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Vaccinium floribundum Kunth |
Bibliography | Nov. Gen. Sp. [F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth] 3: 266 (1819) |
Native Range | Costa Rica to Venezuela and nw. Argentina |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1000-4500m |
Description | leaves dense, 8-15cm, ovate, acute, glandular-serrate, coriaceous, dark green adaxially, flowers urceolate, 5-8mm long, in axillary racemes, berry red with white tinge |
Size | 40-60cm |
Color | pink, whitish |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | - |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
Synonyms | Epigynium floribundum Klotzsch Metagonia crenulata (Dunal) Nutt. Metagonia marginata (Dunal) Nutt. Vaccinium callosum Griseb. ex Wedd. Vaccinium crenulatum Dunal Vaccinium dasygynum S.F.Blake Vaccinium floribundum var. marginatum (Dunal) Sleumer Vaccinium floribundum var. polystachyum (Benth.) Wedd. Vaccinium floribundum var. ramosissimum (Dunal) Sleumer Vaccinium floribundum var. splendens Wedd. Vaccinium floribundum var. tatei (Rusby) Sleumer Vaccinium leiandrum S.F.Blake Vaccinium marginatum Dunal Vaccinium moritzianum Klotzsch Vaccinium moritzianum var. oblongum Klotzsch Vaccinium moritzianum var. ovatum Klotzsch Vaccinium mortenia J.McNab Vaccinium mortinia Benth. Vaccinium polystachyum Benth. Vaccinium ramosissimum Dunal Vaccinium tatei Rusby Vaccinium thymifolium Klotzsch |
Territory | 8 Southern America 80 Central America (COS Costa Rica, PAN Panamá) 81 Caribbean 82 Northern South America (VEN Venezuela) 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest) |