Cavendishia grandifolia is a species of woody perennial plant of the genus Cavendishia in the family Ericaceae. It is native to Ecuador. Its fruit, commonly known as neotropical blueberries, are edible.[2][3]
Cavendishia grandifolia | |
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Cavendishia grandifolia at the New York Botanical Garden | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ericaceae |
Genus: | Cavendishia |
Species: | C. grandifolia
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Binomial name | |
Cavendishia grandifolia Hoerold (1909)[1]
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References
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- ^ "Cavendishia grandifolia Hoerald". Tropicos. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- ^ Ma, Chunhui; Dastmaichi, Keyvan; Flores, Gema; Wu, Shibiao; Pedraza-Penalosa, Paola; Long, Chunlin; Kennelly, Edward J. (April 2013). "Antioxidant and Metabolite Profiling of North American and Neotropical Blueberries Using LC-TOF-MS and Multivariate Analyses". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 61 (14): 3548–3559. doi:10.1021/jf400515g. PMID 23547798.
- ^ Newman, Matt (March 2012). "Neotropical Blueberries". New York Botanical Garden.