Vaccinium macrocarpon

Vaccinium macrocarpon
Floating in a bog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Vaccinium
Subgenus: Vaccinium subg. Oxycoccus
Species:
V. macrocarpon
Binomial name
Vaccinium macrocarpon
Aiton 1789
Synonyms
Synonymy
  • Vaccinium oxycoccos var. oblongifolium Michx.
  • Schollera macrocarpos (Aiton) Britton
  • Oxycoca macrocarpa (Aiton) Raf.
  • Oxycoccus macrocarpos (Aiton) Pers.
  • Oxycoccus macrocarpus (Aiton) Pers.
  • Oxycoccus palustris var. macrocarpos (Aiton) Pers.
  • Schollera macrocarpa (Aiton) Steud.
  • Vaccinium propinquum Salisb.

Vaccinium macrocarpon, also called large cranberry, American cranberry and bearberry, is a North American species of cranberry in the subgenus Oxycoccus.

The name cranberry comes from shape of the flower stamen, which looks like a crane's beak.

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