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Vaccinium floribundum Kunth  
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FamilyERICACEAE
Genus speciesVaccinium floribundum Kunth 
BibliographyNov. Gen. Sp. [F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth] 3: 266 (1819)
Native RangeCosta Rica to Venezuela and nw. Argentina
Primary BiomeMontane Tropical
Habitatgrassland
Altitude1000-4500m
Descriptionleaves dense, 8-15cm, ovate, acute, glandular-serrate, coriaceous, dark green adaxially, flowers urceolate, 5-8mm long, in axillary racemes, berry red with white tinge
Size40-60cm
Colorpink, whitish
Bloomearly summer
Ca-
Typeshrub
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C
cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring
SynonymsEpigynium 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
Territory8 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)
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