Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Gaylussacia brachycera
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Box Huckleberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
The report in Radford, Ahles, & Bell (1968) is based on misidentification of plants later named as Vaccinium sempervirens, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaylussacia brachycera
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Gaylussacia brachycera
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Gaylussacia brachycera
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Gaylussacia brachycera
SYNONYMOUS WITH (THE GENUS NAME PREOCCUPIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Buxella brachycera
SYNONYMOUS WITH Andre Michaux
Vaccinium brachycerum
COMMON NAME:
Box Huckleberry
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Gaylussacia brachycera
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaylussacia brachycera
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Gaylussacia brachycera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Gaylussacia brachycera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Gaylussacia brachycera
SYNONYMOUS WITH (THE GENUS NAME PREOCCUPIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Buxella brachycera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Andre Michaux
Vaccinium brachycerum
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