Taxon:  Vaccinium nummularia Hook. f. & Thomson ex C. B. Clarke



Summary
Genus:
Vaccinium
Section:
Aethopus
Family:
Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Vaccinioideae
Tribe:
Vaccinieae
Nomen number:
41043
Place of publication:
J. D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 3:451.  1882
Comment:
the specific epithet was published as a noun in apposition and retains its own gender and termination irrespective of the gender of the generic name (Shenzhen ICN 23.5)
Verified:
06/11/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Nordic Baltic Genebanks. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Vaccinium chaetothrix Sleumer

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Reference(s)
  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  2. Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage Note: lists as "nummularium"
  3. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
  4. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  5. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  6. Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
  7. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  8. Panda, S. & M. Sanjappa. 2012. Checklist of Ericaceae of Talle Wildlife Sanctuary in Lower Subansiri District of Arunachal Pradesh, India. J. Threatened Taxa 4:2326.
  9. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  10. Vander Kloet, S. P. et al. 2002. From Nepal to Formosa, a much larger footprint for Vaccinium sect. Aëthopus. Acta Bot. Yunnan. 25:21.
  11. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
  12. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXizang Zizhiqus.e.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Shengn.w.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaArunachal Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaNagaland 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaSikkim 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaWest Bengaln.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar n.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Yunnan Sheng (n.w.), Xizang Zizhiqu (s.e.)]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India [Sikkim, Nagaland, West Bengal (n.), Arunachal Pradesh], Nepal
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar (n.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalpotential as ornamentalfide Krussmann; Dict GardKrüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=41043. Accessed 30 April 2026.