Arbutus

Arbutus
Arbutus unedo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Subfamily: Arbutoideae
Genus: Arbutus
L.[1]
Type species
Arbutus unedo
L. 1753
Species

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Arbutus is a genus of 12 accepted species[2] of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae,[3] native to temperate regions of the Mediterranean, western Europe, the Canary Islands and North America, and commonly called madrones[4] or strawberry trees. The name Arbutus was taken by taxonomists from Latin, where it referred to the species now designated Arbutus unedo.[5]

  1. ^ "Genus: Arbutus L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-06-04. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
  2. ^ Act. Bot. Mex no.99 Pátzcuaro abr. 2012. Arbutus bicolor
  3. ^ "The plant list, Arbutus". Royal Botanic Garden, Kew.
  4. ^ Stuart, John D.; Sawyer, John O. (2001). Trees and Shrubs of California. University of California Press. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-520-22110-9.
  5. ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. Vol. I: A–C. CRC Press. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-8493-2675-2. Arbutus L Ericaceae [...] Origins: [...] The old Latin name arbutus i for the wild strawberry-tree, Arbutus unedo L.; see Carl Linnaeus, Species Plantarum. 395. 1753 and Genera Plantarum. Ed. 5. 187. 1754.