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VACCINIUM ON THE EDGE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 February 2010

S. P. Vander Kloet  and
T. S. Avery
S. P. Vander Kloet
Affiliation:
Acadia University, Biology Department, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, B4P 2R6, Canada.
T. S. Avery
Affiliation:
Acadia University, Biology Department, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, B4P 2R6, Canada. Author for correspondence. E-mail: trevor.avery@acadiau.ca
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Abstract

Variation among 19 phenological features taken from 48 species of Vaccinium (Ericaceae), both in vivo and in vitro as well as from existing literature, were subjected to several clustering strategies. Our results suggest three distinct phenological clusters that reflect the ability of these taxa to tolerate frost, namely a ‘Tropical’ group of 16 taxa which tolerate no or very little frost; a ‘Temperate’ group whose 17 members tolerate some frost; and finally a ‘Boreal-Arctic’ group whose 15 taxa are winter hardy.

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ArcticborealEricaceaefrostlife historyphenologytropicalVaccinium
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 67 , Issue 1 , March 2010 , pp. 7 - 24
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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 2010

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