Summary
Place of publication:
Prodr. 62. 1788
Verified:
08/22/2011
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Adams, C. Flowering plants of Jamaica. 1972
- Avila Dís-Granados, R. A. et al. 2009. Influence of mycorrhizal fungi on the rooting of stem and stolon cuttings of the Colombian blueberry (Vaccinium meridionale Swartz). Int. J. Fruit Sci. 9:372-384.
- Garzón, G. A. et al. 2010. Chemical composition, anthocyanins, non-anthocyanin phenolics and antioxidant activity of wild bilberry (Vaccinium meridionale Swartz) from Colombia. Food Chem. 122:980-986.
- Hokche, O. et al. Nuevo catálogo de la flora vascular de Venezola. 2008
- IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
- Ligarreto, G. A. et al. 2011. Phenotypic plasticity of Vaccinium meridionale (Ericaceae) in wild populations of mountain forests in Colombia. Revista Biol. Trop. 59:569-583.
- Luteyn, J. L. 1999. Páramos, a checklist of plant diversity, geographical distribution, and botanical literature. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 84:1-278.
- Vietmeyer, N. D., ed. Lost crops of the Incas. 1989 219.
Common names
English
Andean blueberry – Colombian blueberry – Jamaican bilberry – Spanish
agraz – mortiño –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Anzoategui | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Aragua | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Federal District | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Guarico | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Lara | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Merida | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Miranda | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Monagas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Sucre | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Tachira | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Trujillo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
Native
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Jamaica
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela [Anzoategui, Aragua, Federal District, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo]
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | beverage base | | Vietmeyer, N. D., ed. Lost crops of the Incas. 1989 219. |
Human food | fruit | | Vietmeyer, N. D., ed. Lost crops of the Incas. 1989 219. |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=41033.
Accessed 20 September 2024.