Vaccinium, , Camp, 1945

KEY TO THE SPECIES OF VACCINIUM SECT. CYANOCOCCUS CONSISTENTLY WITH STIPITATE- GLANDULAR LEAVES ABAXIALLY

For this key, we treat V.amoenum View in CoL as conspecific with V. virgatum View in CoL .

1. Plants 0.1–1.0(–1.2) m tall;stipitate glands on abaxial surface of leaves with clavate- to elliposid-cylindrical heads.

2. Plants deciduous;leaf blades 2.8–7.2 × 0.9–3.4 cm,chartaceous _________________________________ V. tenellum View in CoL (2n=2x=24) 2. Plants evergreen;leaf blades 0.5–0.9 × 0.3–0.5 cm, coriaceous__________________________________ V. myrsinites View in CoL (2n=2x=48) 1. Plants (0.3–)0.5–7.0 m tall;stipitate glands on abaxial surface of leaves with obovoid to globose heads.

3. Plants 0.3–2.5 m tall; leaf blades chartaceous,abaxial surface in situ green to pale green, stipitate glands on abaxial

surface usually moderately dense,simple trichomes 0.44–1.02 mm long;hypanthium without glaucescence;fruits

4–12 mm diam._________________________________________________________________________ V. virgatum View in CoL (2n=6x=72) 3. Plants 1.0–4.5(–7.0) m tall; leaf blades coriaceous,abaxial surface in situ bluish green and glaucous,stipitate glands

on a baxial leaf surfaces sparse to less often moderately dense, simple trichomes 0.32–0.50(–0.60) mm long;

hypanthium usually with glaucescence,rarely apparently without; fruits 8–16 mm diam.________________ V. ashei View in CoL (2n=6x=72)