Lyonia ligustrina

Family:ERICACEAE
Species:Lyonia ligustrina (L.) DC.
Common Name:Maleberry; He Huckleberry
Habitat:Wet acidic forests and swamps.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Shrub
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:LYLI
Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, G5 (Global Rank)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyERICACEAE - Heath family
Genus Lyonia
Species Lyonia ligustrina (L.) DC. - Maleberry; He Huckleberry

Citation

Citation Lyonia ligustrina (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 7(2): 599. 1839.
Basionym: Vaccinium ligustrinum L. 1753.
Type: Without data, Kalm s.n. (lectotype: LINN 497.11). Lectotypified by Judd in J. Arnold Arbor. 62 : 189. 1981.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Arsenococcus frondosus    
Arsenococcus ligustrinus    
Lyonia ligustrina var. foliosiflora    
Xolisma ligustrina    
Xolisma ligustrina var. foliosiflora    

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clarke, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Covington, Cullman, Dallas, DeKalb, Elmore, Escambia, Etowah, Houston, Jackson, Lee, Mobile, Montgomery, St. Clair, Talladega, Winston

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, NY, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1896 - 2023

Barcode / Accession No.
County
Coll. Date
Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
AUA000041801 Autauga 24 Jul 1934 GERMAIN, G.
AUA
LYONIA LIGUSTRINA (L.) DC.
AUA000041618 Baldwin 9 Jul 1926 WOLF, WOLFGANG
2624
AUA
LYONIA LIGUSTRINA (L.) DC. VAR. FOLIOSIFLORA (MICHX.) FERN.
AUA_ACC_3738 Baldwin 6 May 1956 FUNDERBURK, JR., H.H.
AUA
LYONIA LIGUSTRINA (L.) DC.
USAM000005649 Baldwin 19 Sep 1976 LeLong, Michel G.
9492
USAM
Lyonia ligustrina (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0004849 Barbour 26 Apr 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
21993
UWAL
Lyonia ligustrina (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000032550 Barbour 26 Apr 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
21993
TROY
Lyonia ligustrina (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000033564 Barbour 27 Aug 2011 Ryan, Lauren
45
TROY
Lyonia ligustrina (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
AUA_ACC_36393 Bibb 14 Sep 1981 GOLDEN, M.S.
S. N.
AUA
LYONIA LIGUSTRINA (L.) DC.
AUA_ACC_52360 Bibb 17 Oct 1993 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
8904
AUA
LYONIA LIGUSTRINA (L.) DC.
UWAL0007453 Blount 10 Aug 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4746
UWAL
Lyonia ligustrina (L.) DC.
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