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Accession Data:

Anthopterus wardii Ball

  • Common Name: Neotropical Blueberry
  • Family: Ericaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Colombia, Ecuador, Panama
  • Habitat: mangrove swamps to premontane (rain or moist) forest

  • USDA Zone: 10?

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200100030
  • Source: Opel ex NYBG
  • Accession Date: 03-26-2001
  • Bench: 3316 - NEOB: West Bench NN
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-21-2023
  • Restrictions:
    • BGCI Limited Ex Situ Distribution - Plants do not leave building without Manager approval!
    • Distribution Agreement (CBD or similar) - Plants do not leave Greenhouse/TLS w/o Manager approval!

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: asterids
  • Order: Ericales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Ericaceae
  • SubFamily: Vaccinioideae
  • Tribe: Vaccinieae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
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2015
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2013
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2003

References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Panama / Colombia / Ecuador

References (external):

  1. Kennelly, Edward J. 2011; Edible Neoptropical Blueberries: Antioxidant and Compositional Fingerprint Analysis; http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf200367j
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, February 12, 2018.
  3. Anthopterus wardii at Strange Wonderful Things. Last accessed on Monday, February 12, 2018.
  4. Anthopterus wardii at NYBG. Last accessed on Monday, February 12, 2018.
  5. Line Drawing at NYBG. Last accessed on Monday, February 12, 2018.

data regenerated on Thu, 07 Sep 2023 12:36:02 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Ericaceae

Subfamily Ericoideae
Tribe Rhodoreae

  • Rhododendron unidentified - sp (sect. vireya)

Subfamily Vaccinioideae
Tribe Vaccinieae

  • Anthopterus wardii
  • Ceratostema rauhii
  • Macleania coccoloboides
  • Macleania insignis
  • Sphyrospermum dissimile
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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