Arbutus | |
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Arbutus unedo | |
Scientific 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
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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]
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.