Vaccinium
See also: vaccinium
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin vaccīnium (“the blueberry”).
Proper noun
Vaccinium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – shrubs including the cranberry, blueberry, bilberry or whortleberry, cowberry or lingonberry, and some huckleberry.
Synonyms
- (genus): Batodendron
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids – clades; Ericales – order; Ericaceae – family; Vaccinioideae – subfamily; Vaccinieae – tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Vaccinium uliginosum – type species; Vaccinium erythrocarpum, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, Vaccinium myrtillus, Vaccinium oxycoccos – selected other species; for sections and other species, see Vaccinium on WikispeciesWikispecies ; for sections see Vaccinium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Descendants
- → English: vaccinium
- → Russian: вакци́ниум (vakcínium)
References
- Vaccinium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Vaccinium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Vaccinium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Vaccinium at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Vaccinium at USDA Plants database
- Vaccinium at Tropicos
- Vaccinium at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Vaccinium at Plants of the World Online