Plant Details

Accepted name:: Vaccinium pallidum Aiton [Ericaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
blueberry	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 25 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cyanococcus liparus Small Man. S.E. Fl.: 1016 (1933).
Cyanococcus margarettae (Ashe) Small Man. S.E. Fl.: 1015 (1933).
Cyanococcus pallidus (Aiton) Small Man. S.E. Fl.: 1016 (1933).
Cyanococcus subcordatus Small Man. S.E. Fl.: 1016 (1933).
Cyanococcus tallapusae Coville ex Small Man. S.E. Fl.: 1016 (1933).
Cyanococcus vacillans (Kalm ex Torr.) Rydb. Brittonia 1: 94 (1931).
Vaccinium altomontanum Ashe Rhodora 33: 196 (1931).
Vaccinium corymbosum var. pallidum (Aiton) A.Gray Manual, ed. 2: 250 (1856).
Vaccinium liparum (Small) Uphof Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 48: 23 (1936).
Vaccinium margarettae Ashe Torreya 18: 71 (1918).
Vaccinium missouriense (Ashe) Ashe Rhodora 33: 193 (1931).
Vaccinium pallidum var. crinitum (Fernald) Mohlenbr. Phytoneuron 2015-67: 2 (2015).
Vaccinium pennsylvanicum Torr. Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 416 (1824), nom. illeg.
Vaccinium pennsylvanicum f. leucocarpum W.Deane Rhodora 3: 264 (1901).
Vaccinium subcordatum (Small) Uphof Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 48: 21 (1936).
Vaccinium tallapusae (Coville ex Small) Uphof Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 48: 19 (1936).
Vaccinium torreyanum Camp Amer. Midl. Naturalist 23: 177 (1940).
Vaccinium vacillans Kalm ex Torr. Fl. New York 1: 444 (1843).
Vaccinium vacillans var. columbianum Ashe Rhodora 33: 195 (1931).
Vaccinium vacillans var. crinitum Fernald Rhodora 13: 236 (1911).
Vaccinium vacillans var. missouriense Ashe Torreya 25: 10 (1925).
Vaccinium vacillans f. mollifolium Ashe Rhodora 33: 195 (1931).
Vaccinium vacillans f. roseum Farw. Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 2: 35 (1923).
Vaccinium virgatum Bigelow Fl. Boston., ed. 2: 152 (1824), nom. illeg.
Vaccinium viride Ashe Torreya 25: 11 (1925).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Vaccinium pallidum Ait.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Vaccinium pallidum Aiton	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Vaccinium pallidum W.T. Aiton	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)

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