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Vaccinium amoenum Aiton, Vaccinium arkansanum Ashe, Vaccinium ashei Reade, Vaccinium atrococcum (Gray) Heller, Vaccinium australe Small, Vaccinium caesariense Mackenzie, Vaccinium constablaei A. Gray, Vaccinium elliottii Chapman, Vaccinium fuscatum Aiton, Vaccinium marianum Watson, Vaccinium simulatum Small.

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Lim, T.K. (2012). Vaccinium corymbosum. In: Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1764-0_60

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