Vaccinieae

{{Short description|Tribe of flowering plants}}

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| image_caption = Vaccinium uliginosum

| taxon = Vaccinieae

| authority = Rchb.

|type_genus = Vaccinium {{au|L.}}

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Vaccinieae is a tribe of over 1000 species in the plant family Ericaceae.{{cite journal | title = Phylogenetic relationships within the blueberry tribe (Vaccinieae, Ericaceae) based on sequence data from MATK and nuclear ribosomal ITS regions, with comments on the placement of Satyria | author = Kathleen A. Kron, E. Ann Powell and J. L. Luteyn | journal = American Journal of Botany | year = 2002 | volume = 89 | pages = 327–336 | doi = 10.3732/ajb.89.2.327 | issue=2 | pmid=21669741}} The tribe consists of morphologically diverse woody plants. Species within Vaccinieae can be found on all continents except Australia and Antarctica. Genetic analysis indicates that Vaccinieae is not a monophyletic group.

Description

Vaccinieae are shrubs,Vaccinieae Reichenbach. (n.d.). Database of Vascular Plants of Canada (VASCAN). Retrieved March 18, 2025, from https://data.canadensys.net/vascan/taxon/563 small trees, or lianas with deciduous or evergreen leaves.Taylor, C. (2012, June 15). Vaccinieae. Variety of Life. Retrieved March 18, 2025, from http://taxondiversity.fieldofscience.com/2012/06/vaccinieae.html

Taxonomy

It was published by Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach in 1831Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-ar). Vaccinieae Rchb. Tropicos. Retrieved March 18, 2025, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/100387636 with Vaccinium {{au|L.}} as the type genus.USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomyfamily?type=tribe&id=1749. Accessed 18 March 2025.trib. Vaccinieae Rchb. (n.d.). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved March 18, 2025, from https://www.ipni.org/n/324952-2

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