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Flowers 4-merous; corolla divided nearly to base, recurved; anthers without spurs. |
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(2) |
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Flowers 5-merous, rarely 4-merous; corolla at most divided to middle; anthers usually with spurs, or spur
absent or minute (flowers unknown in V. bullatum, V. foetidissimum, V. glaucophyllum, V. guangdongense, V. lamprophyllum, and V. podocarpoideum). |
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| 2 (1) |
Flowers solitary, axillary; pedicels slender, not articulate; plant a deciduous, erect shrub. |
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92 Vaccinium japonicum |
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Flowers 1–4 together at ends of twigs; pedicels filiform, articulate; plant an evergreen, creeping, low shrub. |
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(3) |
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| 3 (2) |
Leaf blade 5–11 × 2–5 mm; pedicel pubescent; berry ca. 1 cm in diam.; stems 10–15(–80) cm. |
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90 Vaccinium oxycoccos |
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Leaf blade 2–6 × 1–2(–3) mm; pedicel glabrous; berry ca. 6 mm in diam.; stems 5–10 cm. |
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91 Vaccinium microcarpum |
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| 4 (1) |
Leaves deciduous; pedicels articulate or not. |
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(5) |
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Leaves evergreen; pedicels articulate. |
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(10) |
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| 5 (4) |
Pedicel articulate; anthers not spurred; berry 10-pseudoloculed. |
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(6) |
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Pedicel not articulate; anthers with spurs; berry 5-loculed. |
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(8) |
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| 6 (5) |
Leaf margin denticulate, not hairy; mature berry red, 5-angled. |
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86 Vaccinium koreanum |
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Leaf margin denticulate or entire, ciliate; mature berry dark purple, smooth. |
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| 7 (6) |
Flowers solitary, axillary; leaf margin entire, ciliate. |
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84 Vaccinium henryi |
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Raceme terminal; leaf margin denticulate, teeth apically glandular setulose. |
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85 Vaccinium oldhamii |
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| 8 (5) |
Leaf margin serrulate; flowers at base of shrub, solitary, axillary; pedicels 2.5–3.5 mm. |
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89 Vaccinium myrtillus |
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Leaf margin entire; flowers in ± terminal fascicles, 1–3 together; pedicels 0.5–4.5 cm. |
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| 9 (8) |
Flowers 1–3; pedicels 0.5–1 cm; bracteoles subbasal, less than 3 mm. |
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87 Vaccinium uliginosum |
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Flowers solitary; pedicels 2.5–4.5 cm; bracteoles near calyx, 7–12 × 4–9 mm. |
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88 Vaccinium modestum |
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| 10 (4) |
Leaf blade with plane, serrate margins. |
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(11) |
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Leaf blade recurved, margins entire, serrulate, or with basal glands. |
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(12) |
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| 11 (10) |
Leaf apex rounded, mucronulate. |
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75 Vaccinium sikkimense |
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Leaf apex acuminate. |
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32 Vaccinium carlesii |
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| 12 (10) |
Flowers in terminal or pseudoterminal racemes, rarely also axillary; anthers usually with 2 spurs. |
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(13) |
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Flowers solitary or in axillary racemes; anthers with spurs or not. |
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(21) |
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| 13 (12) |
Leaf blade 2–7 × 0.9–2.7 cm; bracts (0.7–)1–2 cm; anthers with 2 erect spurs. |
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(14) |
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Leaf blade 0.4–2.6 × 0.3–1.2 cm; bracts 3–6(–9) mm; anthers without spurs or with 2 spreading spurs. |
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(15) |
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| 14 (13) |
Leaf blade glandular denticulate at margin, 2.5–5 × 1.2–2.7 cm; inflorescence 1–2 cm. |
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75 Vaccinium sikkimense |
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Leaf blade entire at margin, elliptic or obovate, 2–2.5 × 0.9–1.4 cm; inflorescence 3–5 cm. |
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83 Vaccinium retusum |
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| 15 (13) |
Flowers 4-merous; anthers without spurs; leaf blade with appressed glandular hairs abaxially. |
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76 Vaccinium vitis-idaea |
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Flowers 5-merous; anthers with 2 spreading spurs; leaf blade glabrous abaxially. |
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| 16 (15) |
Twigs densely pubescent and mixed glandular setose. |
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(17) |
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Twigs only pubescent. |
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(19) |
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| 17 (16) |
Leaf blade obovate or oblong-obovate, base cuneate, apex rounded, retuse. |
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77 Vaccinium delavayi |
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Leaf blade ovate, suborbicular, or oblong, both ends rounded. |
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(18) |
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| 18 (17) |
Leaf blade 1–2.3 × 0.7–1.2 cm; corolla urceolate, white tinged with pink. |
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78 Vaccinium nummularia |
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Leaf blade 4–8 × 3–7 mm; corolla tubular-urceolate, white. |
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79 Vaccinium chaetothrix |
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| 19 (16) |
Leaf blade obovate or spatulate, apex rounded, retuse, base cuneate; inflorescence terminal. |
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82 Vaccinium dendrocharis |
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Leaf blade elliptic or oblong-elliptic or ± obovate, apex obtuse to rounded or obtuse-acuminate; inflorescences terminal and axillary. |
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(20) |
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| 20 (19) |
Leaf blade elliptic, obovate-elliptic, or obovate-oblong, 7–17 × 4–8 mm, apex obtuse to rounded, base cuneate. |
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80 Vaccinium moupinense |
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Leaf blade oblong-elliptic, 2.2–2.6 × 1–1.2 cm, apex obtuse-acuminate, base broadly cuneate. |
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81 Vaccinium haitangense |
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| 21 (12) |
Leaf margin entire, rarely glandular serrulate; corolla broadly campanulate to urceolate-campanulate, anthers with two distinct, rarely inconspicuous, spreading or erect spurs. |
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(22) |
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Leaf margin denticulate, crenulate, rarely entire or subentire; corolla urceolate or tubular, rarely campanulate; anthers with short spurs or not. |
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(60) |
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| 22 (21) |
Flowers solitary, or racemes to 2.5 cm, 1–6-flowered; leaf blade to 4 × 2 cm, apex emarginate to
obtuse, rarely acute or acuminate; usually epiphytic. |
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(23) |
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Raceme usually 2.5 cm or longer, (3–)5–10(or more)-flowered, and/or leaf blade at least (1.5–)4 ×
(0.35–)2 cm, apex acute, acuminate, or caudate, rarely obtuse or emarginate; terrestrial. |
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(36) |
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| 23 (22) |
Inflorescence subcapitate, with several subpersistent, basal imbricate inflorescence bracts; leaf blade 8–11 × 3–4.5 cm, apex abruptly acuminate; branch and leaf blade densely setiferous. |
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60 Vaccinium lanigerum |
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Flowers solitary or in short racemes, without subpersistent basal inflorescence bracts; leaf blade
to 4 × 2 cm, apex rounded, obtuse, or emarginate, rarely acute; plant not densely setiferous. |
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(24) |
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| 24 (23) |
Leaf apex rounded or acute. |
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(25) |
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Leaf apex ± emarginate. |
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(29) |
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| 25 (24) |
Leaf blade 2.5–3.8 × 1–2 cm, apex acute to abruptly acute; raceme pubescent and mixed glandular pilose. |
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61 Vaccinium cuspidifolium |
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Leaf blade to 3 × 1.4 cm, apex acute, rounded, or obtuse-acuminate; raceme glabrous or pubescent. |
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(26) |
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| 26 (25) |
Inflorescence very short, 1–3-flowered; pedicels ca. 1 mm, pubescent; corolla pale green. |
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65 Vaccinium brevipedicellatum |
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Inflorescence 0.6–2 cm, 3–6-flowered; pedicels 1–3 mm, glabrous; corolla white or red (unknown in V. lamprophyllum). |
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(27) |
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| 27 (26) |
Leaf blade oblong-obovate, 2–3 × 0.9–1.4 cm, apex acute; calyx lobes 2.5–3 mm, apex subulate. |
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62 Vaccinium lamprophyllum |
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Leaf blade obovate or broadly obovate, 0.8–2 × 0.6–1.1 cm, apex rounded; calyx lobes 1.5–2 mm, apex obtuse to acute. |
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(28) |
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| 28 (27) |
Corolla red, urceolate; calyx lobes ca. 1.5 mm, apex acute. |
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63 Vaccinium conchophyllum |
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Corolla white, campanulate; calyx lobes 1.5–2 mm, apex obtuse. |
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64 Vaccinium sinicum |
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| 29 (24) |
Pedicel and calyx hispid; flowers solitary or 2 or 3 together in short raceme. |
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(30) |
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Pedicel and calyx glabrous, pubescent or puberulous; flowers 1–6 in long to short racemes. |
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(31) |
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| 30 (29) |
Flowers 2 or 3; calyx lobes lanceolate-subulate, 4–5 mm. |
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66 Vaccinium craspedotum |
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Flowers 1 or 2; calyx lobes triangular-ovate, ca. 2 mm. |
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67 Vaccinium sciaphilum |
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| 31 (29) |
Pedicels 0.5–1 cm, glabrous; inflorescences 1–2.5 cm. |
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(32) |
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Pedicels 3–5(–9) mm, pilose or glabrous; inflorescence to 5 mm. |
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(33) |
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| 32 (31) |
Leaf blade elliptic, 1.5–2.6 × 0.9–1.2 cm; filaments 0.5–1 mm, tubules ca. 3 × as long as thecae. |
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68 Vaccinium papillatum |
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Leaf blade obovate-elliptic, 2.5–3(–5) × 1–2 cm; filaments ca. 2 mm, tubules ca. 2 × as long as thecae. |
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69 Vaccinium emarginatum |
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| 33 (31) |
Flowers 1 or 2; calyx lobes ciliolate and usually glandular along margin. |
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73 Vaccinium pseudotonkinense |
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Flowers (1 or)2 or 3(–5); calyx lobes glabrous or ciliate along margin. |
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(34) |
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| 34 (33) |
Leaf blade glaucous abaxially; pedicels 3–5 mm, pedicel and calyx glabrous or villous. |
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70 Vaccinium chengiae |
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Leaf blade not glaucous abaxially; pedicels 6–9 mm, pedicel and calyx pubescent, pilose, or glabrous. |
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(35) |
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| 35 (34) |
Leaf blade oblong-obovate; inflorescence 1- or 2-flowered; pedicels thickening upwards; corolla white. |
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71 Vaccinium saxicola |
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Leaf blade elliptic; inflorescence (1- or)2- or 3(–5)-flowered; pedicels hardly thickening upwards; corolla red. |
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72 Vaccinium triflorum |
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| 36 (22) |
Leaf blade with ± glandular serrulate or entire margin, abaxially glaucous, sparsely glandular
setose on midvein. |
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(37) |
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Leaf blade with entire margin, abaxially rarely glaucous, but glabrous or punctate or brownish appressed-headed hairy, rarely strigose on midvein. |
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(38) |
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| 37 (36) |
Leaf blade 4–6 × 2–4 cm, margin densely glandular serrulate; pedicels 3–5 mm; bracts leaflike, broadly elliptic, 1–2 cm. |
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1 Vaccinium glaucoalbum |
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Leaf blade 7–13 × 4–6.5 cm, margin sparsely glandular setose or entire; pedicels 4–12 mm;
bracts elliptic, ca. 1.2 cm. |
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2 Vaccinium gaultheriifolium |
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| 38 (36) |
Leaf apex obtuse or emarginate. |
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(39) |
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Leaf apex acute, acuminate, or caudate. |
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(40) |
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| 39 (38) |
Raceme many flowered; pedicels 1–1.5 mm; calyx lobes ca. 1 mm; corolla ca. 3.5 mm; leaf apex obtuse. |
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3 Vaccinium cavinerve |
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Raceme 3-flowered; pedicels 10–17 mm; calyx lobes 4–6 mm; corolla ca. 1.2 cm; leaf apex emarginate or obtuse. |
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4 Vaccinium impressinerve |
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| 40 (38) |
Leaf blade 1.5–7 × 0.35–2 cm, apex acute or shortly acuminate; secondary veins 3–5-paired. |
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(41) |
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Leaf blade larger, apex acuminate, caudate or abruptly acuminate; secondary veins 6–12-paired, rarely 3- or 4-paired. |
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(45) |
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| 41 (40) |
Leaf base cuneate-attenuate; twigs glabrous or puberulous. |
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(42) |
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Leaf base broadly cuneate to obtuse; twigs pubescent. |
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(43) |
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| 42 (41) |
Leaf blade linear-oblanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 3.5–8 mm wide. |
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5 Vaccinium podocarpoideum |
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Leaf blade oblanceolate or oblanceolate-ovate, 10–22 mm wide. |
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6 Vaccinium foetidissimum |
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| 43 (41) |
Inflorescence from uppermost axil; leaf blade glaucous adaxially. |
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7 Vaccinium glaucophyllum |
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Inflorescence from uppermost and lower axils; leaf blade not glaucous adaxially. |
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(44) |
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| 44 (43) |
Inflorescence 2.5–3 cm; calyx lobes ca. 1 mm; corolla urceolate, 4–5 mm. |
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8 Vaccinium omeiense |
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Inflorescence 4.5–6.5 cm; calyx lobes 2.5–3 mm; corolla campanulate, 6–7 mm. |
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9 Vaccinium pratense |
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| 45 (40) |
Inflorescence pubescent, tomentose, or shortly glandular hairy; twigs with hairs or not. |
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(46) |
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Inflorescence and sometimes also twig glabrous. |
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(51) |
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| 46 (45) |
Inflorescence shorter than leaves, 1.5–3 cm; leaf blade with appressed glandular hairs abaxially; pedicels 1–2(–3) mm. |
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(47) |
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Inflorescences ca. as long as leaves, 3–8 cm; leaf blade glabrous or sparsely pubescent
abaxially; pedicels 2–14 mm. |
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(48) |
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| 47 (46) |
Rachis and pedicels densely tomentellate; berry densely hairy. |
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18 Vaccinium arbutoides |
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Rachis and pedicels glandular pubescent; berry glabrous. |
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19 Vaccinium brachyandrum |
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| 48 (46) |
Leaf blade lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, ca. 3 × as long as broad, base cuneate-attenuate, glabrous; pedicel 10–14 mm. |
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20 Vaccinium kachinense |
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Leaf blade ovate-cordate, ovate, or oblong, ca. 2.5 × as long as broad, base obtuse to shallowly cordate, abaxially subglabrous or pubescent; pedicel 2–8 mm. |
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(49) |
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| 49 (48) |
Leaf blade ovate-cordate, base cordate, sometimes auriculate or obtuse; inflorescence densely pubescent. |
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21 Vaccinium pseudospadiceum |
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Leaf blade ovate or oblong, base rounded, rarely shallowly cordate; inflorescence glabrous or puberulous, rarely densely pubescent. |
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| 50 (49) |
Inflorescence 3–5 cm; pedicels 2–6 mm; leaf veins raised adaxially. |
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22 Vaccinium urceolatum |
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Inflorescence 5–8 cm; pedicels 6–9 mm; leaf veins distinctly impressed adaxially. |
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23 Vaccinium bullatum |
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| 51 (45) |
Inflorescence longer than or subequal to leaves. |
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(52) |
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Inflorescence shorter than leaves. |
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(54) |
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| 52 (51) |
Leaf blade rounded to subcordate at base, veins impressed adaxially, blade 9–19 × 2.5–5.5 cm. |
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10 Vaccinium dunnianum |
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Leaf blade cuneate to broadly cuneate at base, veins distinctly raised or not distinctly raised adaxially, blade 3–12 × 2–3.2 cm. |
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(53) |
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| 53 (52) |
Leaf blade oblong-lanceolate, 6–12 × 2–3.2 cm; corolla white; veins raised on both surfaces. |
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11 Vaccinium crassivenium |
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Leaf blade obovate to elliptic, 3–4(–7) × 1.2–2(–4) cm; corolla green, purple tinged; veins raised abaxially only. |
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12 Vaccinium supracostatum |
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| 54 (51) |
Leaf margin lacking glands at base. |
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22 Vaccinium urceolatum |
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Leaf margin with gland(s) at base. |
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(55) |
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| 55 (54) |
Leaf blade (4–)5–8(–10) × 3–4(–5) cm, abaxially glabrous or with appressed glandular hairs. |
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(56) |
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Leaf blade 10–21 × 4–9 cm, abaxially with appressed glandular hairs. |
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(58) |
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| 56 (55) |
Leaf blade ovate, broadly ovate, or suborbicular, abaxially papillate, with short fulvous hairs. |
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17 Vaccinium chunii |
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Leaf blade elliptic or ovate-oblong, abaxially smooth, whether or not glandular hairy. |
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(57) |
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| 57 (56) |
Leaf margin with two glands per side at base; petiole 2–3 mm. |
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16 Vaccinium pseudorobustum |
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Leaf margin with one gland per side at base; petiole at least 5 mm. |
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15 Vaccinium dunalianum |
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| 58 (55) |
Leaf blade elliptic or ovate, bullate, veins distinctly impressed adaxially, raised abaxially. |
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13 Vaccinium pseudobullatum |
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Leaf blade oblong, oblong-lanceolate, or narrowly ovate, smooth, veins inconspicuously raised on both surfaces. |
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(59) |
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| 59 (58) |
Leaf base rounded to shallowly cordate; petioles 3–6 mm; inflorescence 1.5–3 cm; pedicels 9–12 mm. |
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14 Vaccinium petelotii |
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Leaf base cuneate to obtuse; petioles 5–14 mm; inflorescence 3–7 cm; pedicels 5–8 mm. |
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15 Vaccinium dunalianum |
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| 60 (21) |
Leaves pseudoverticillate, rarely scattered; raceme elongate; calyx tube often with fleshy protuberances; twigs often with some conspicuous and subpersistent bud scales. |
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(61) |
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Leaves scattered; inflorescence various; calyx tube lacking fleshy protuberances; twigs without conspicuous and subpersistent bud scales. |
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(71) |
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| 61 (60) |
Leaf margin entire; twigs without conspicuous bud scales. |
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(62) |
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Leaf margin serrate; twigs with some conspicuous bud scales. |
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(63) |
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| 62 (61) |
Leaf blade ovate or elliptic, 6–15 × 2.5–7 cm; pedicels purple, slender; corolla white-green, urceolate-tubular; filaments subglabrous, anthers without spurs. |
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49 Vaccinium ardisioides |
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Leaf blade oblong-lanceolate or oblong-ovate, 7.5–12 × 2–4 cm; pedicels red, clavate; corolla orange or pink, tubular; filaments pubescent, anthers with 2 short spurs. |
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50 Vaccinium rubescens |
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| 63 (61) |
Leaves rather scattered. |
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(64) |
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Leaves 4–6(–10) together. |
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(66) |
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| 64 (63) |
Branch glabrous; leaf blade 12–18.5 × 3.5–9 cm; inflorescence 2–3.5 cm. |
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58 Vaccinium papulosum |
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Branch dark brownish hispid, sometimes glandular setose; leaf blade 2.5–6(–10) × 0.6–2(–4) cm; inflorescence 2–15 cm. |
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(65) |
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| 65 (64) |
Leaf blade lanceolate or oblanceolate, 2.5–4.5 × 0.6–1.7 cm; inflorescence 2–5 cm. |
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57 Vaccinium scopulorum |
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Leaf blade oblong, oblong-obovate, or oblong-lanceolate, 4.5–6(–10) × 1.5–4 cm; inflorescence 5–15 cm. |
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59 Vaccinium subdissitifolium |
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| 66 (63) |
Leaves small, 3.5–5(–7) × 0.9–3 cm; inflorescence 1.5–3(–6) cm. |
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(67) |
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Leaves large, 4–11(–14) × (0.9–)2–5 cm; inflorescence (2–)3.5–6 cm. |
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(68) |
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| 67 (66) |
Branch densely shortly setose; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate, base cuneate to narrowly rounded. |
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53 Vaccinium vacciniaceum |
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Branch densely puberulous and mixed setulose; leaf blade oblong or oblong-ovate, base rounded to slightly cordate. |
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55 Vaccinium leucobotrys |
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| 68 (66) |
Leaves 9 or 10 together; rachis, pedicel, and calyx tube densely pubescent. |
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54 Vaccinium tenuiflorum |
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Leaves 5 or 6 together; rachis, pedicel, and calyx tube glabrous. |
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(69) |
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| 69 (68) |
Leaf blade drying brownish below. |
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56 Vaccinium bulleyanum |
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Leaf blade drying blackish below. |
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(70) |
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| 70 (69) |
Leaf blade leathery. |
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51 Vaccinium venosum |
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Leaf blade papery. |
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52 Vaccinium kingdon-wardii |
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| 71 (60) |
Flowers solitary, 4-merous; leaf blade with 3–5 teeth on each side. |
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74 Vaccinium spiculatum |
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Flowers in racemes, 5-merous; leaf blade serrate, rarely entire. |
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(72) |
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| 72 (71) |
Bracts usually persistent, rarely caducous; anthers usually without or with very small spurs; leaf blade adaxially smooth, veins not impressed. |
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(73) |
| + |
Bracts caducous or absent; anthers usually with short, or very short, spur, very rarely without
spur; leaf blade with veins usually impressed adaxially. |
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(80) |
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| 73 (72) |
Leaf blade 4–11 × 1–2 cm, ca. 4 × as long as broad. |
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26 Vaccinium subfalcatum |
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Leaf blade (1.5–)2–6(–9) × (1–)1.5–3(–4) cm, to 3 × as long as broad. |
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(74) |
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| 74 (73) |
Inflorescence ± hairy. |
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(75) |
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Inflorescence glabrous. |
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(77) |
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| 75 (74) |
Inflorescence 2–3 × as long as leaves; rachis pubescent, bracts and calyx lobes fimbrillate, otherwise glabrous. |
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31 Vaccinium fimbribracteatum |
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Inflorescence shorter than or ca. as long as leaves; petiole, rachis, calyx, and corolla densely pubescent. |
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(76) |
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| 76 (75) |
Calyx limb not lobed, truncate; corolla purple; bract caducous. |
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29 Vaccinium truncatocalyx |
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Calyx limb with lobes; corolla white; bract persistent. |
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30 Vaccinium bracteatum |
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| 77 (74) |
Leaf blade ± lanceolate; fruit stalk ca. 2 mm (in V. randaiense, unknown in V. kengii). |
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(78) |
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Leaf blade ± elliptic, ovate, or oblong; fruit stalk 3–15 mm. |
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(79) |
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| 78 (77) |
Corolla tubular, 5.5–7.5 mm; pedicels ca. 2 mm; tubule of thecae ca. 3 mm, without spur. |
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24 Vaccinium randaiense |
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Corolla campanulate, ca. 5 mm; pedicels ca. 7 mm; tubule of thecae ca. 1 mm, with a short spur. |
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25 Vaccinium kengii |
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| 79 (77) |
Leaf blade obovate or oblong-elliptic, 4–6 × 2–3 cm, apex obtuse or abruptly acute, margin subentire; fruit stalk 3–5 mm. |
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27 Vaccinium hainanense |
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Leaf blade ovate, oblong, or rhombic-oblong, (1.5–)2–5 × (1–)1.5–2.5 cm, apex acute to acuminate, margin dentate; fruit stalk 10–15 mm. |
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28 Vaccinium wrightii |
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| 80 (72) |
Corolla campanulate; leaf blade with distant teeth or subentire. |
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(81) |
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Corolla urceolate or tubular; leaf margin distinctly serrate. |
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(82) |
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| 81 (80) |
Leaf blade 2–7 × 1–2.5 cm, base rounded or broadly cuneate, sometimes cuneate, margin distantly serrate; inflorescence less than 3.5 cm. |
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32 Vaccinium carlesii |
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Leaf blade 9–18 × 2–9 cm, base cuneate, margin subentire; inflorescence to 10 cm. |
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33 Vaccinium yaoshanicum |
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| 82 (80) |
Plant glabrous. |
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(83) |
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Inflorescence rachis, pedicel, and calyx, often also twig and petiole, ± hairy. |
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(86) |
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| 83 (82) |
Calyx lobes triangular-lanceolate, apex subulate, margin glandular fimbrillate; corolla 7–8 mm; inflorescence 4–10 cm; leaf blade 5.5–12.5 cm, apex falciform-acuminate. |
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34 Vaccinium harmandianum |
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Calyx lobes triangular or orbicular, apex acute or obtuse, sometimes ciliolate; corolla 6–7(–8) mm; inflorescence 1.5–8(–10) cm; leaf blade 3–9(–13) × 1.5–3.5 cm, apex acute to acuminate. |
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(84) |
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| 84 (83) |
Bracteoles ovate, apical; pedicels 0.5–2.5 mm; anther tubules ca. as long as thecae. |
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35 Vaccinium duclouxii |
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Bracteoles linear or lanceolate, sometimes ovate, median to basal; pedicels 1–8 mm; anther tubules longer than thecae. |
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(85) |
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| 85 (84) |
Bracteoles linear, ca. 1.5 mm; pedicels 1–2 mm; tubules 2–3 × as long as thecae. |
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36 Vaccinium brachybotrys |
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Bracteoles linear-lanceolate to ovate, 2–4 mm, pedicels 2–8 mm; tubules 1.5–2 × as long as thecae. |
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37 Vaccinium mandarinorum |
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| 86 (82) |
Twig densely or sparsely glandular setose. |
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(87) |
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Twig glabrous, puberulous, pubescent, or tomentose. |
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(89) |
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| 87 (86) |
Dwarf shrub, 20–50(–100) cm tall; leaf blade 1.2–3.5 × 0.7–2.5 cm; bract leaflike. |
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39 Vaccinium fragile |
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Shrub or small tree, 1–8 m tall; leaf blade 3–9 × 2–3.5 cm; bract not leaflike. |
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(88) |
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| 88 (87) |
Leaf blade glabrous or pubescent; bracts 5–7 mm. |
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35 Vaccinium duclouxii |
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Leaf blade glandular setose and hispidulous; bracts ca. 2.5 mm. |
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38 Vaccinium trichocladum |
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| 89 (86) |
Inflorescence distinctly shorter than leaves, pubescent or glabrous. |
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(90) |
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Inflorescence ca. as long as or longer than leaves, ± pubescent, sometimes subglabrous. |
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(93) |
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| 90 (89) |
Leaf margin entire; calyx lobes ciliolate; anthers without spurs, tubules ca. as long as thecae. |
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40 Vaccinium fimbricalyx |
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Leaf margin denticulate; calyx lobes glabrous; anthers with short spurs, tubules longer than thecae. |
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(91) |
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| 91 (90) |
Inflorescence glabrous; leaf blade elliptic-lanceolate, apex caudate-acuminate. |
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41 Vaccinium longicaudatum |
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Inflorescence usually hairy; leaf blade ovate, elliptic, or ovate-lanceolate, apex
acute or caudate-acuminate. |
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(92) |
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| 92 (91) |
Leaf blade ovate or elliptic, 1.7–4(–6) × 1–2 cm, apex acute or obtuse to acuminate; twig densely pubescent; inflorescence subglabrous; small shrub, 0.5–2 m tall. |
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42 Vaccinium chamaebuxus |
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Leaf blade ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, 3–7 × 1.5–2.5 cm, apex acuminate or shortly caudate-acuminate; twig and inflorescence densely puberulous or pubescent; shrub or small tree, 1–6 m tall. |
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43 Vaccinium albidens |
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| 93 (89) |
Anthers without spurs or spurs inconspicuous; both surfaces of leaf blade drying pale fulvous or straw-colored. |
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48 Vaccinium exaristatum |
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Anthers with spurs (unknown in V. guangdongense); both surfaces of leaf blade
drying brown or brown-green. |
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(94) |
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| 94 (93) |
Leaf blade 4–9 × 2–4 cm; anther tubules at least 1.5 × as long as thecae. |
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(95) |
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Leaf blade 2–6 × 0.7–2.5 cm; anther tubules ca. as long as thecae or slightly longer (unknown in V. guangdongense). |
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(96) |
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| 95 (94) |
Branch, petiole, and inflorescence axis rust-colored pubescent or tomentellate; anther tubules 4–6 × as long as thecae. |
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44 Vaccinium iteophyllum |
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Branch, petiole, and inflorescence axis pubescent or glabrous; anther tubules 1.5–2 × as long as thecae. |
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37 Vaccinium mandarinorum |
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| 96 (94) |
Leaf base rounded or broadly cuneate. |
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45 Vaccinium serrulatum |
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Leaf base cuneate or broadly cuneate. |
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(97) |
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| 97 (96) |
Leaf blade ovate or ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, 2–6 × 0.7–2.5 cm; pedicels 1–2 mm. |
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46 Vaccinium pubicalyx |
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Leaf blade elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, 3.5–4.2 × 1.2–1.6 cm; pedicels 3–3.5 mm. |
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47 Vaccinium guangdongense |
