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Vaccinieae is a tribe of over 1000 species in the plant family
Ericaceae The Ericaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acidic and infertile growing conditions. The family is large, with c.4250 known species spread across 124 genera, making it th ...
. The tribe consists of morphologically diverse woody plants. Species within Vaccinieae can be found on all continents except
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and
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. Genetic analysis indicates that Vaccinieae is a
monophyletic In cladistics for a group of organisms, monophyly is the condition of being a clade—that is, a group of taxa composed only of a common ancestor (or more precisely an ancestral population) and all of its lineal descendants. Monophyletic gr ...
group.


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Agapetes ''Agapetes'' (Gk. ἀγαπητός (agapetos) = 'beloved') is a semi-climbing shrub genus native to the Himalayas, grown as an ornamental for its attractive pendulous bunches of red tubular flowers blooming over a long period. It is mostly grow ...
'' - '' Anthopteropsis'' - '' Anthopterus'' - '' Calopteryx'' - ''
Cavendishia ''Cavendishia'' is a genus of about 100 species of woody perennial plants, many of which are epiphyte, epiphytic. The genus is native to tropical South America and Central America. Species References Germplasm Resources Information Networ ...
'' - '' Ceratostema'' - ''
Costera ''Costera'' may refer to: *La Costera La Costera () is a comarca in the province of Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain. Municipalities * L'Alcúdia de Crespins * Barxeta *Canals * Cerdà * Estubeny *La Font de la Figuera * Genovés * La Gra ...
'' - '' Demosthenesia'' - '' Didonica'' - '' Dimorphanthera'' - '' Diogenesia'' - '' Disterigma'' - ''
Gaylussacia ''Gaylussacia'' is a genus of about fifty species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae, native to the Americas, where they occur in eastern North America and in South America in the Andes and the mountains of southeastern Brazil (the ...
'' - '' Gonocalyx'' - '' Laterospora'' - '' Macleania'' - '' Mycerinus'' - ''
Notopora ''Notopora'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae The Ericaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acidic and infertile growing conditions. The ...
'' - '' Oreanthes'' - '' Orthaea'' - '' Paphia'' - '' Pellegrinia'' - '' Periclesia'' - '' Plutarchia'' - '' Polyclita'' - ''
Psammisia ''Psammisia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. It contains the fruiting bushes commonly called ''joyapas'' and is distributed throughout the Neotropics. Description They are terrestrial or epiphytic shrubs. Leaves usually ...
'' - '' Rusbya'' - ''
Satyria ''Satyria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the blueberry tribe Vaccinieae, family Ericaceae, native to southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. It is closely related to ''Cavendishia ''Cavendishia'' is a genus of abou ...
'' - '' Semiramisia'' - ''
Siphonandra ''Siphonandra'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae. Its native range is Peru to Bolivia. Species Species: *''Siphonandra boliviana'' *''Siphonandra elliptica'' *''Siphonandra magnifica'' *''Siphonandra nervosa' ...
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Sphyrospermum ''Sphyrospermum'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae The Ericaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acidic and infertile growing conditions. ...
'' - '' Symphysia'' - '' Themistoclesia'' - ''
Thibaudia ''Thibaudia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. They are native to Central America, Central and South America with a high concentration of species in the cloud forests of Costa Rica and Ecuador.Utleya'' - ''
Vaccinium ''Vaccinium'' is a common and widespread genus of shrubs or dwarf shrubs in the heath family (Ericaceae). The fruits of many species are eaten by humans and some are of commercial importance, including the cranberry, blueberry, bilberry (whort ...
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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q15838808 Vaccinioideae Asterid tribes Taxa named by Ludwig Reichenbach