Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Asteranae > Order Ericales > Family Ericaceae > Genus Vaccinium

Vaccinium oxycoccos L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

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Genus group names

*Vaccinium*	L.	accepted genus name
*Oxycoccus*	Hill	heterotypic synonym
*Rhodococcum*	(Rupr.) Avrorin	heterotypic synonym
*Vaccinium sect. Rhodococcum*	Rupr.	heterotypic synonym

Species group names

*Oxycoccus palustris*	Pers.	heterotypic synonym
*Oxycoccus quadripetalus*	Schinz & Thell.	heterotypic synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English-United States: Cranberry sources: Charles Hussey

Portuguese: canaberga; cannaberge sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Spanish, Castillian: arandano agrio; arandano de fruto agrio sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Swedish: tranbär

Welsh: llygaeren

Literature

nomenclatural reference	L., Sp. Pl. 1753.

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Citation

Valdés, B.; with contributions from Raab-Straube, E. von & Parolly, G. (2009): Ericaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Vaccinium oxycoccos L.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=8617492F-78D9-4A15-8E23-A70492CEFFCC

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2009-10-12 by Valdés, B.; with contributions from Raab-Straube, E. von & Parolly, G. (2009): Ericaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.

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