Gaylussacia

Common English names include huckleberry (shared with plants in several other genera) and "dangleberry".Gaylussacia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) species including Coleophora gaylussaciella (which feeds exclusively on Gaylussacia) and Coleophora multicristatella.Gaylussacia is named in honor of the French chemist Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778–1850).[5] A 2002 paper found that molecular data did not support past divisions of Gaylussacia into sections.[4] Pliocene seed and fruit fossils of †Gaylussacia rhenana are described from sand-filled river-channels in the brown coal pit of Fortuna-Garsdorf near Bergheim, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
Gaylussacia brasiliensis
Gaylussacia pulchraScientific classificationPlantaeTracheophytesAngiospermsEudicotsAsteridsEricalesEricaceaeVaccinioideaeVaccinieaeType speciesflowering plantsAmericasNorth AmericaSouth AmericaBrazilhuckleberryoak-heath forestdeciduousevergreenshrubslarvaeLepidopteraColeophora gaylussaciellaColeophora multicristatellaJoseph Louis Gay-LussacVacciniumsectionsPliocenebrown coalBergheim, North Rhine-WestphaliaGermanyRio de JaneiroGaylussacia baccataCanadaUnited StatesGaylussacia bigelovianaGaylussacia brachyceraEastern United StatesColombiaVenezuelaEspírito SantoParanáBoliviaMinas GeraisGaylussacia cinereaSanta CatarinaGaylussacia dumosaGaylussacia frondosaGoiásEcuadorGaylussacia mosieriSoutheastern United StatesGaylussacia nanaGaylussacia orocolaNorth CarolinaGaylussacia tomentosaGaylussacia ursinaWayback MachineNorth Carolina Division of Parks and RecreationSystematic BotanyAmerican Journal of BotanyWikidataWikispeciesiNaturalistOpen Tree of LifeTropicos