Vaccinium laurifolium

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Ericaceae
Subfamilia: Vaccinioideae
Tribus: Vaccinieae
Genus: Vaccinium
Sectio: V. sect. Bracteata
Species: Vaccinium laurifolium
Varietates: V. l. var. ellipticum – V. l. var. glanduligerum – V. l. var. laurifolium – V. l. var. pensile – V. l. var. robustum – V. l. var. trichodes

Name

Vaccinium laurifolium (Blume) Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 2(7): 1061. 1859.

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Thibaudia laurifolia Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 15: 859(–860). 1826.

• Homotypic
  • Agapetes laurifolia (Blume) G.Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 862. 1834.
  • Epigynium laurifolium (Blume) Klotzsch, Linnaea 24(1): 52. 1851.

• Heterotypic
  • Thibaudia floribunda Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 15: 859. 1826, nom. illeg. hom. – non Thibaudia floribunda Kunth in Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 3(11): 269. 1818 [1819].
  • Agapetes floribunda G.Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 862. 1834.
  • Epigynium floribundum (G.Don) Klotzsch, Linnaea 24(1): 52. 1851.
  • Vaccinium floribundum (G.Don) Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 2(7): 1060(–1061). 1859, nom. illeg. hom. – non Vaccinium floribundum Kunth in Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 3(11): 266. 1818 [1819].

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Tropical Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Sumatera. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Vaccinium laurifolium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Oct. 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Vaccinium laurifolium. Published online. Accessed: 13 November 2018.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Vaccinium laurifolium.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Vaccinium laurifolium in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2018-11-13.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Vaccinium laurifolium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 November 13. Reference page.