| Arbutus | |
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| Arbutus unedo | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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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Look up arbutus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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]
- ^ "Genus: Arbutus L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-06-04. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
- ^ Act. Bot. Mex no.99 Pátzcuaro abr. 2012. Arbutus bicolor
- ^ "The plant list, Arbutus". Royal Botanic Garden, Kew.
- ^ Stuart, John D.; Sawyer, John O. (2001). Trees and Shrubs of California. University of California Press. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-520-22110-9.
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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.