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Vaccinioideae

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Also known as Vacciniaceae

Vaccinioideae is a flowering-plant subfamily in the family Ericaceae. It contains the commercially important cranberry, blueberry, bilberry, lingonberry, and huckleberry.

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Ericaceae
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Vaccinioideae
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Vaccinioideae
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subfamily
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Category:Vaccinioideae
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Vaccinioideae is a flowering-plant subfamily in the family Ericaceae. It contains the commercially important cranberry, blueberry, bilberry, lingonberry, and huckleberry.

==Taxonomy== Tribe: Andromedeae Genera: Andromeda - Zenobia Tribe: Gaultherieae Genera: Chamaedaphne - Diplycosia - Gaultheria - Leucothoe - Tepuia Tribe: Lyonieae Genera: Agarista - Craibiodendron - Lyonia - Pieris Tribe: Oxydendreae Genera: Oxydendrum Tribe: Vaccinieae Genera: Agapetes - Anthopteropsis - Anthopterus - Cavendishia - Ceratostema - Costera - Demosthenesia - Didonica - Dimorphanthera - Diogenesia - Disterigma - Gaylussacia - Gonocalyx - Macleania - Mycerinus - Notopora - Oreanthes - Orthaea - Pellegrinia - Periclesia - Plutarchia - Polyclita - Psammisia - Rusbya - Satyria - Semiramisia - Siphonandra - Sphyrospermum -Themistoclesia - Thibaudia - Utleya - Vaccinium

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vaccinioideae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.