Vaccinium bracteatumThunb.

sea bilberry

WFO wfo-0001048436 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Vaccinium bracteatum, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. a Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-08-07 / obs. 89695003
Vaccinium bracteatum, photographed by 古淑玲
fig. b 古淑玲, CC0 1.0 / obs. 68743665
Vaccinium bracteatum, photographed by 古淑玲
fig. c 古淑玲, CC0 1.0 / obs. 68744310
Vaccinium bracteatum, photographed by Moogoo Lee
fig. d Moogoo Lee, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 54755446
Vaccinium bracteatum, photographed by Aaron Liston
fig. e Aaron Liston, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 9698916
Vaccinium bracteatum, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. f 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 32467816
Vaccinium bracteatum, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. g 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 32467826
Vaccinium bracteatum, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. h 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 109105287

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Native range 15 botanical countries

Regions where Vaccinium bracteatum is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Cambodia, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanJapanTaiwanCambodiaJawaLaosMalayaMyanmarSumateraThailandVietnam KoreaNansei-shoto
Native distribution of Vaccinium bracteatum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Cambodia CBD ASIA-TROPICAL
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Japan JAP
Korea KOR
Nansei-shoto NNS
Taiwan TAI

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 13 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Agapetes acosta Dunal
  • Agapetes spicata (Lour.) S.Moore
  • Andromeda chinensis G.Lodd.
  • Andromeda sinensis Steud.
  • Epigynium acosta (Dunal) Klotzsch
  • Epigynium malaccense (Wight) Klotzsch
  • Pieris divaricata H.Lév.
  • Pieris lucida H.Lév.
  • Pieris ovalifolia var. denticulata H.Lév.
  • Vaccinium bracteatum var. bracteatum
  • Vaccinium bracteatum var. longitubum Hayata
  • Vaccinium chinense (G.Lodd.) Champ. ex Benth.
  • Vaccinium malaccense Wight

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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