List of Vaccinium species

Last updated October 04, 2025

The following species in the flowering plant genus Vaccinium , containing the cranberries, blueberries, bilberries (whortleberries), lingonberries (cowberries), and huckleberries, are accepted by Plants of the World Online.^[1] This taxon is highly polyphyletic.^[2]

Vaccinium absconditum J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium acrobracteatum K.Schum.
Vaccinium acutissimum F.Muell.
Vaccinium adenochaetum Sleumer
Vaccinium adenotrichum Sleumer
Vaccinium agusanense Elmer
Vaccinium aitapense Sleumer
Vaccinium alainii Acuña & Roíg
Vaccinium albicans Sleumer
Vaccinium albidens H.Lév. & Vaniot
Vaccinium almedae Wilbur & Luteyn
Vaccinium altiterrae Veldkamp
Vaccinium alvarezii Merr.
Vaccinium amakhangium S.Panda & Sanjappa
Vaccinium amazonicum Pedraza & Luteyn
Vaccinium ambivalens Sleumer
Vaccinium amblyandrum F.Muell.
Vaccinium amphoterum Sleumer
Vaccinium amplexicaule J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium ampullaceum Sleumer
Vaccinium angiense Kaneh. & Hatus.
Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton
Vaccinium apiculatum Sleumer
Vaccinium apophysatum Sleumer
Vaccinium appendiculatum Schltr.
Vaccinium arboreum Marshall
Vaccinium arbutoides C.B.Clarke
Vaccinium arctostaphylos L.
Vaccinium ardisioides Hook.f. ex C.B.Clarke
Vaccinium aristatum Luteyn & Pedraza
Vaccinium artum J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium × atlanticum E.P.Bicknell
Vaccinium aucupis Sleumer
Vaccinium auriculifolium Sleumer
Vaccinium bancanum Miq.
Vaccinium banksii Merr.
Vaccinium barandanum S.Vidal
Vaccinium barbatum J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium bartlettii Merr.
Vaccinium beamanianum Wilbur & Luteyn
Vaccinium benguetense S.Vidal
Vaccinium besagiense J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium bissei R.Berazaín
Vaccinium blepharocalyx Schltr.
Vaccinium bocatorense Wilbur
Vaccinium bodenii Wernham
Vaccinium boninense Nakai
Vaccinium boreale I.V.Hall & Aalders
Vaccinium brachyandrum C.Y.Wu & R.C.Fang
Vaccinium brachybotrys (Franch.) Hand.-Mazz.
Vaccinium brachycladum Sleumer
Vaccinium brachygyne J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium brachytrichum Sleumer
Vaccinium bracteatum Thunb.
Vaccinium brassii Sleumer
Vaccinium breedlovei L.O.Williams
Vaccinium brevipedicellatum C.Y.Wu
Vaccinium brevipedunculatum J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium × brunoense P.W.Fritsch
Vaccinium bullatum (Dop) Sleumer
Vaccinium bulleyanum (Diels) Sleumer
Vaccinium caesariense Mack.
Vaccinium calycinum Sm.
Vaccinium camiguinense Merr.
Vaccinium campanense Wilbur & Luteyn
Vaccinium candidum Veldkamp
Vaccinium capillatum Sleumer
Vaccinium cardiophorum Sleumer
Vaccinium carlesii Dunn
Vaccinium carneolum Sleumer
Vaccinium × carolinianum Ashe
Vaccinium caudatum Warb.
Vaccinium cavendishioides Sleumer
Vaccinium cavinerve C.Y.Wu
Vaccinium cebuense Salares & Pelser
Vaccinium centrocelebicum Sleumer
Vaccinium ceraceum Argent
Vaccinium ceramense Sleumer
Vaccinium cercidifolium J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium cereum (L.f.) G.Forst.
Vaccinium cespitosum Michx.
Vaccinium chaetothrix Sleumer
Vaccinium chamaebuxus C.Y.Wu
Vaccinium chengiae W.P.Fang
Vaccinium chihuahuense Wilbur & Luteyn
Vaccinium chimantense Maguire, Steyerm. & Luteyn
Vaccinium chlaenophyllum Vuong, V.H.Bui & V.S.Dang
Vaccinium chunii Merr. ex Sleumer
Vaccinium ciliatum Thunb.
Vaccinium claoxylon J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium clementis Merr.
Vaccinium coarctatum M.N.Tamayo & Fernando^[3]
Vaccinium coelorum Wernham
Vaccinium commutatum Mabb. & Sleumer
Vaccinium conchophyllum Rehder
Vaccinium confertum Kunth
Vaccinium consanguineum Klotzsch
Vaccinium continuum Luteyn & Pedraza
Vaccinium contractum Sleumer
Vaccinium convallariiflorum J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium convexifolium J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium cordifolium (M.Martens & Galeotti) Hemsl.
Vaccinium coriaceum Hook.f.
Vaccinium cornigerum Sleumer
Vaccinium corymbodendron Dunal
Vaccinium corymbosum L.
Vaccinium costaricense Wilbur & Luteyn
Vaccinium costerifolium Sleumer
Vaccinium craspedotum Sleumer
Vaccinium crassiflorum J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium crassifolium Andrews
Vaccinium crassistylum Sleumer
Vaccinium crassivenium Sleumer
Vaccinium crenatifolium Sleumer
Vaccinium crenatum (G.Don) Sleumer
Vaccinium crinigerum Kloet
Vaccinium cruentum Sleumer
Vaccinium cubense Griseb.
Vaccinium culminicola Wernham
Vaccinium cumingianum S.Vidal
Vaccinium cuneifolium (Blume) Miq.
Vaccinium cuspidifolium C.Y.Wu & R.C.Fang
Vaccinium cyclopense J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium cylindraceum Sm.
Vaccinium damingshanense Y.H.Tong & N.H.Xia
Vaccinium daphniphyllum Schltr.
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
Vaccinium debilescens Sleumer
Vaccinium decumbens J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium delavayi Franch.
Vaccinium deliciosum Piper
Vaccinium dendrocharis Hand.-Mazz.
Vaccinium densifolium J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium dentatum Sm.
Vaccinium dependens (G.Don) Sleumer
Vaccinium dialypetalum J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium dictyoneuron Sleumer
Vaccinium didymanthum Dunal
Vaccinium distichum Luteyn
Vaccinium × dobbinii Burnham
Vaccinium dominans Sleumer
Vaccinium dubiosum J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium duclouxii (H.Lév.) Hand.-Mazz.
Vaccinium dunalianum Wight
Vaccinium dunnianum Sleumer
Vaccinium ekmanii R.Berazaín
Vaccinium elegans Elmer
Vaccinium elliptifolium Merr.
Vaccinium elvirae Luteyn
Vaccinium emarginatum Hayata
Vaccinium empetrum Aver. & K.S.Nguyen
Vaccinium endertii J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium epiphyticum Merr.
Vaccinium erythrocarpum Michx.
Vaccinium euryanthum A.C.Sm.
Vaccinium evanidinervium Sleumer
Vaccinium exaristatum Kurz
Vaccinium exiguum M.N.Tamayo, R.Bustam. & P.W.Fritsch
Vaccinium exul Bolus
Vaccinium eymae Sleumer
Vaccinium filipes Schltr.
Vaccinium fimbribracteatum C.Y.Wu
Vaccinium fimbricalyx Chun & W.P.Fang
Vaccinium finisterrae Schltr.
Vaccinium floccosum (L.O.Williams) Wilbur & Luteyn
Vaccinium floribundum Kunth
Vaccinium foetidissiumum H.Lév. & Vaniot
Vaccinium fragile Franch.
Vaccinium fraternum Sleumer
Vaccinium furfuraceum Wilbur & Luteyn
Vaccinium gaultheriifolium (Griff.) Hook.f. ex C.B.Clarke
Vaccinium geminiflorum Kunth
Vaccinium gitingense Elmer
Vaccinium gjellerupii J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium glabrescens King & Gamble
Vaccinium glandellatum Sleumer
Vaccinium glaucoalbum Hook.f. ex C.B.Clarke
Vaccinium glaucophyllum C.Y.Wu & R.C.Fang
Vaccinium globosum J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium goodenoughii Sleumer
Vaccinium gracile J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium gracilipes Sleumer
Vaccinium gracillimum J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium grandibracteatum Schltr.
Vaccinium griffithianum Wight
Vaccinium guangdongense W.P.Fang & Z.H.Pan
Vaccinium habbemae Koord.
Vaccinium haematinum Standl. & Steyerm.
Vaccinium haematochroum Sleumer
Vaccinium × hagerupii (Á.Löve & D.Löve) Rothm.
Vaccinium hainanense Sleumer
Vaccinium haitangense Sleumer
Vaccinium halconense Merr.
Vaccinium hamiguitanense P.W.Fritsch
Vaccinium hansmeyeri Argent
Vaccinium hatamense Becc.
Vaccinium hellwigianum Sleumer
Vaccinium henryi Hemsl.
Vaccinium hiepii Kloet
Vaccinium hirsutum Buckley
Vaccinium hirtum Thunb.
Vaccinium hispidulissimum Wernham
Vaccinium hooglandii Sleumer
Vaccinium hopei Argent
Vaccinium horizontale Sleumer
Vaccinium × hybridum (Avrorin) Czerep.
Vaccinium igneum J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium imbricans J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium impressinerve C.Y.Wu
Vaccinium inconspicuum J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium indutum S.Vidal
Vaccinium insigne (Koord.) J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium × intermedium Ruthe
Vaccinium iragaense Merr.
Vaccinium iteophyllum Hance
Vaccinium jacobeanum P.F.Stevens
Vaccinium jagorii Warb.
Vaccinium japonicum Miq.
Vaccinium jefense Luteyn & Wilbur
Vaccinium jevidalianum Smitinand & P.H.Hô
Vaccinium kachinense Brandis
Vaccinium kengii C.E.Chang
Vaccinium kingdon-wardii Sleumer
Vaccinium kjellhergii J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium korinchense Ridl.
Vaccinium korthalsii Miq.
Vaccinium kostermansii Sleumer
Vaccinium kunthianum Klotzsch
Vaccinium lageniforme J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium lamellatum P.F.Stevens
Vaccinium lamprophyllum C.Y.Wu & R.C.Fang
Vaccinium lanigerum Sleumer
Vaccinium latifolium (Griseb.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks.
Vaccinium latissimum J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium laurifolium (Blume) Miq.
Vaccinium leonis Acuña & Roíg
Vaccinium leptocladum Sleumer
Vaccinium leptomorphum Sleumer
Vaccinium leptospermoides J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium leucanthum Schltdl.
Vaccinium leucobotrys (Nutt. ex Hook.) G.Nicholson
Vaccinium ligustrifolium J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium littoreum Miq.
Vaccinium longepedicellatum Sleumer
Vaccinium longicaudatum Chun ex W.P.Fang & Z.H.Pan
Vaccinium longiporum Schltr.
Vaccinium longisepalum J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium loranthifolium Ridl.
Vaccinium lorentzii Koord.
Vaccinium lucidum (Blume) Miq.
Vaccinium lundellianum L.O.Williams
Vaccinium luteynii Wilbur
Vaccinium luzoniense S.Vidal
Vaccinium macgillivrayi Seem.
Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton
Vaccinium madagascariense (Thouars ex Poir.) Sleumer
Vaccinium malacothrix Sleumer
Vaccinium mandarinorum Diels
Vaccinium manipurense (Watt ex Brandis) Sleumer
Vaccinium × marianum P.Watson
Vaccinium mathewsii Sleumer
Vaccinium megalophyes Sleumer
Vaccinium membranaceum Douglas ex Torr.
Vaccinium meridionale Sw.
Vaccinium microcarpum (Turcz. ex Rupr.) Schmalh.
Vaccinium microphyllum Reinw. ex Blume
Vaccinium minusculum Sleumer
Vaccinium minuticalcaratum J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium miquelii Boerl.
Vaccinium mjoebergii J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium modestum W.W.Sm.
Vaccinium molle J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium monetarium Sleumer
Vaccinium monteverdense Wilbur & Luteyn
Vaccinium montis-ericae Sleumer
Vaccinium morobense Kloet
Vaccinium motuoense Y.H.Tong & Y.J.Guo
Vaccinium moupinense Franch.
Vaccinium muriculatum J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium myodianum S.Panda & Sanjappa
Vaccinium myrsinites Lam.
Vaccinium myrsinoides Schltr.
Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx.
Vaccinium myrtillus L.
Vaccinium myrtoides (Blume) Miq.
Vaccinium nagamasu Argent
Vaccinium napoense Y.H.Tong & N.H.Xia
Vaccinium neilgherrense Wight
Vaccinium nhatrangense Dop
Vaccinium nitens Sleumer
Vaccinium × nubigenum Fernald
Vaccinium nummularia Hook.f. & Thomson ex C.B.Clarke
Vaccinium nuttallii (C.B.Clarke) Sleumer
Vaccinium obatapaquiniorum Takeuchi
Vaccinium obedii Veldkamp
Vaccinium oldhamii Miq.
Vaccinium omeiense W.P.Fang
Vaccinium onimense Argent
Vaccinium oranjense J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium oreites Sleumer
Vaccinium oreogenes W.W.Sm.
Vaccinium oreomyrtus Sleumer
Vaccinium orosiense Wilbur & Luteyn
Vaccinium ortizii Luteyn & Pedraza
Vaccinium oscarlopezianum Co
Vaccinium otophyllum Sleumer
Vaccinium ovalifolium Sm.
Vaccinium ovatum Pursh
Vaccinium oxycoccos L.
Vaccinium pachydermum Stapf
Vaccinium paddywoodsii Argent
Vaccinium padifolium Sm.
Vaccinium palawanense Merr.
Vaccinium pallidum Aiton
Vaccinium papillatum P.F.Stevens
Vaccinium papulosum C.Y.Wu & R.C.Fang
Vaccinium paradisearum Becc.
Vaccinium parvifolium Sm.
Vaccinium parvulifolium F.Muell.
Vaccinium paucicrenatum Sleumer
Vaccinium perrigidum Elmer
Vaccinium petelotii Merr.
Vaccinium philippinense Warb.
Vaccinium phillippsiae Argent
Vaccinium phillyreoides Sleumer
Vaccinium piceifolium Wernham
Vaccinium piliferum (Hook.f. ex C.B.Clarke) Sleumer
Vaccinium pilosilobum J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium pipolyi Luteyn
Vaccinium platyphyllum Merr.
Vaccinium poasanum Donn.Sm.
Vaccinium podocarpoideum W.P.Fang & Z.H.Pan
Vaccinium praeces P.F.Stevens
Vaccinium praestans Lamb.
Vaccinium pratense P.C.Tam ex C.Y.Wu & R.C.Fang
Vaccinium prostratum Sleumer
Vaccinium psammogenes Sleumer
Vaccinium pseudobullatum W.P.Fang & Z.H.Pan
Vaccinium pseudocaracasanum Sleumer
Vaccinium pseudocaudatum Sleumer
Vaccinium pseudodialypetalum Ng
Vaccinium pseudorobustum Sleumer
Vaccinium pseudospadiceum Dop
Vaccinium pseudotonkinense Sleumer
Vaccinium pterocalyx Luteyn
Vaccinium puberulum Klotzsch ex Meisn.
Vaccinium pubicalyx Franch.
Vaccinium pugionifolium Sleumer
Vaccinium pullei J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium pumilum Kurz
Vaccinium quinquefidum J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium racemosum (Vahl) Wilbur & Luteyn
Vaccinium randaiense Hayata
Vaccinium rapae Skottsb.
Vaccinium reticulatovenosum Sleumer
Vaccinium reticulatum Sm.
Vaccinium retivenium Sleumer
Vaccinium retusifolium J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium retusum (Griff.) Hook.f. ex C.B.Clarke
Vaccinium rigidifolium Sleumer
Vaccinium roraimense N.E.Br.
Vaccinium roseiflorum J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium rubescens R.C.Fang
Vaccinium rubroviolaceum Sleumer
Vaccinium sandsii Argent
Vaccinium sanguineum Schltr.
Vaccinium santafeense Wilbur & Luteyn
Vaccinium sarawakense Merr.
Vaccinium saxatile Luteyn & Pedraza
Vaccinium saxicola Chun
Vaccinium scandens Schltr.
Vaccinium schlechterianum Sleumer
Vaccinium schoddei Sleumer
Vaccinium schultzei Schltr.
Vaccinium sciaphilum C.Y.Wu
Vaccinium sclerophyllum Sleumer
Vaccinium scoparium Leiberg ex Coville
Vaccinium scopulorum W.W.Sm.
Vaccinium scortechinii King & Gamble
Vaccinium scyphocalyx Sleumer
Vaccinium secundum Klotzsch
Vaccinium selerianum (Loes.) Sleumer
Vaccinium serrulatum W.P.Fang & Z.H.Pan
Vaccinium setipes Airy Shaw
Vaccinium shaferi Acuña & Roíg
Vaccinium shastense J.K.Nelson & Lindstrand
Vaccinium shikokianum Nakai
Vaccinium sieboldii Miq.
Vaccinium sikkimense C.B.Clarke
Vaccinium simulans Sleumer
Vaccinium singularis N.R.Salinas & Betancur
Vaccinium sinicum Sleumer
Vaccinium smallii A.Gray
Vaccinium sororium J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium spaniotrichum Sleumer
Vaccinium sparsicapillum Sleumer
Vaccinium sparsum Sleumer
Vaccinium sphyrospennoides Sleumer
Vaccinium spiculatum C.Y.Wu & R.C.Fang
Vaccinium sprengelii (G.Don) Sleumer ex Rehder
Vaccinium stamineum L.
Vaccinium stanleyi Schweinf.
Vaccinium steinii Sleumer
Vaccinium stellae-montis Sleumer
Vaccinium stenanthum Sleumer
Vaccinium stenolobum Schltr.
Vaccinium stenophyllum Steud.
Vaccinium steyermarkii Luteyn
Vaccinium striicaule Sleumer
Vaccinium subdissitifolium P.F.Stevens
Vaccinium subfalcatum Merr. ex Sleumer
Vaccinium subulisepalum J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium sumatranum Jack
Vaccinium summifaucis Sleumer
Vaccinium supracostatum Hand.-Mazz.
Vaccinium sylvaticum Elmer
Vaccinium symplocifolium (D.Don ex G.Don) Alston
Vaccinium talamancense (Wilbur & Luteyn) Luteyn
Vaccinium tanjungii Argent
Vaccinium taxifolium Sleumer
Vaccinium tectiflorum Danet
Vaccinium tenellum Aiton
Vaccinium tentaculatum J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium tenuiflorum R.C.Fang
Vaccinium tenuipes Merr.
Vaccinium thibaudifolium Wernham
Vaccinium timonioides Wernham
Vaccinium timorense Fawc.
Vaccinium tomicipes J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium tonkinense Dop
Vaccinium trichocarpum Sleumer
Vaccinium trichocladum Merr. & F.P.Metcalf
Vaccinium triflorum Rehder
Vaccinium truncatocalyx Chun
Vaccinium tubiflorum J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium turfosum Sleumer
Vaccinium uliginosum L.
Vaccinium urceolatum Hemsl.
Vaccinium urquiolae Berazaín
Vaccinium urubambense Luteyn & Pedraza
Vaccinium utteridgei Argent
Vaccinium vacciniaceum (Roxb.) Sleumer
Vaccinium varingiifolium (Blume) Miq.
Vaccinium venosum Wight
Vaccinium versteegii Koord.
Vaccinium vidalii Merr. & Rolfe
Vaccinium vietnamense Smitinand & P.H.Hô
Vaccinium villosiflorum J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium viridiflorum J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium viscifolium King & Gamble
Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.
Vaccinium vonroemeri Koord.
Vaccinium warburgii Sleumer
Vaccinium whiteanum Sleumer
Vaccinium whitfordii Merr.
Vaccinium whitmeei F.Muell.
Vaccinium whitmorei Ng
Vaccinium wilburii Almeda & Breedlove
Vaccinium wisselianum Sleumer
Vaccinium wollastonii Wernham
Vaccinium wondiwoiense J.J.Sm.
Vaccinium woodianum H.F.Copel.
Vaccinium wrightii A.Gray
Vaccinium xerampelinum Sleumer
Vaccinium yakushimense Makino
Vaccinium yaoshanicum Sleumer
Vaccinium yatabei Makino
Vaccinium youngii Pedraza & Luteyn

References

↑ "Vaccinium L." Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 13 November 2022.
↑ Edger, Patrick P.; et al. (2022). "There and back again; historical perspective and future directions for Vaccinium breeding and research studies". Horticulture Research. 9 uhac083. doi:10.1093/hr/uhac083. PMC 9123236 . PMID 35611183.
↑ Tamayo, Maverick; Fernando, Edwino; Fritsch, Peter (2023-05-19). "VACCINIUM COARCTATUM (ERICACEAE), AN ULTRAMAFIC-OBLIGATE NEW SPECIES FROM THE DWARF FOREST OF MOUNT REDONDO, DINAGAT ISLAND, PHILIPPINES". Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 80: 1–12. doi: 10.24823/ejb.2023.1960 . ISSN 1474-0036.

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[POWO_30000401-2-1] "Vaccinium L." Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 13 November 2022.

[2] Edger, Patrick P.; et al. (2022). "There and back again; historical perspective and future directions for Vaccinium breeding and research studies". Horticulture Research. 9 uhac083. doi:10.1093/hr/uhac083. PMC 9123236 . PMID 35611183.

[a574-3] Tamayo, Maverick; Fernando, Edwino; Fritsch, Peter (2023-05-19). "VACCINIUM COARCTATUM (ERICACEAE), AN ULTRAMAFIC-OBLIGATE NEW SPECIES FROM THE DWARF FOREST OF MOUNT REDONDO, DINAGAT ISLAND, PHILIPPINES". Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 80: 1–12. doi: 10.24823/ejb.2023.1960 . ISSN 1474-0036.

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