Vaccinium oxycoccos L. belongs to the Ericaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Vaccinium
Specific Epithet
oxycoccos
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.1
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#264,047 of 335,497
Top 79%
Extinction probability
6%
Location
Japan, Hokkaido, Hokkaido (Teshio)
44.769583, 142.058083
Location Remarks
Highway 40, c. 5 km south of Teshio-Nakagawa, near km 154. 37 m elev.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph