Vaccinium glaucoalbum, the grey-white blueberry, is a species of Vaccinium native to Nepal, east Himalaya, and Myanmar, and Tibet and Yunnan in China.[1] An evergreen shrub with white-bloomed black berries, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.[2] It grows in thickets and forest margins.[3] Local people collect and eat the fruit.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Vaccinium |
| Species: | V. glaucoalbum
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Taxonomy
editVaccinium glaucoalbum was first described for science by Charles Baron Clarke in the third volume of Hooker's Flora of British India, published in 1882. Clarke attributed the name to Hooker.[1][5] In the same work, Clarke also described Vaccinium sikkimense.[6] Some sources agree this is a separate species,[7] while others treat it as a synonym of V. glaucoalbum.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Vaccinium glaucoalbum Hook.f. ex C.B.Clarke". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ "Vaccinium glaucoalbum grey-white blueberry". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ "Vaccinium glaucoalbum in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
- ^ Hui, Pallabi K.; Tag, Hui; Jambhulkar, Sanjay; Ananthan, R.; Godugu, Chandraiah; Bansod, Sapana; Taram, Momang; Yanka, Hage; Gupta, Debmalya D.; Paul, Dipayan; Tsering, Jambey; Tshering, Deki; Das, Tridip J.; Das, Sanjib K. (2019). "Ethnobotanical notes on significant food and medicinal flora used by the indigenous Monpa and Nyishi communities of Arunachal Pradesh, India". Pleione. 13 (2): 291. doi:10.26679/Pleione.13.2.2019.291-304.
- ^ Clarke, C.B. (1882). "Order LXXXI Vacciniaceae". In Hooker, J.D. (ed.). The Flora of British India. Vol. 3. London: L. Reeve. pp. 442–455. Retrieved 5 February 2021. p. 453.
- ^ Clarke (1882), p. 451.
- ^ "Vaccinium sikkimense C.B.Clarke". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ "Vaccinium sikkimense". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 5 February 2021.