Arbutus

Arbutus unedo (Type species)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Ericaceae
Subfamilia: Arbutoideae
Genus: Arbutus
Species:
[Old World] A. andrachne – A. canariensis – A. pavarii – A. unedo
[New World] A. arizonica – A. bicolor – A. madrensis – A. menziesii – A. mollis – A. occidentalis – A. tessellata – A. xalapensis

Nothospecies:
A. × andrachnoides – A. × androsterilis – A. × reyorum – A. × thuretiana

Name

Arbutus L., Sp. Pl. 1: 395 (1753); Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 187 (1754).

• Lectotype species: A. unedo L. designated by J. K. Small, N. Amer. Fl. 29(1): 82 (1914).

Note:

• Arbutus in its current sense appears paraphyletic (Hileman et al. 2001), but the necessary new genus for the New World taxa has not yet been created. However, broader sampling with the ITS gene yields a topology compatible with conventional delimitations of genera.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Unedo Hoffmanns. & Link in Hoffmannsegg, Fl. Portug. 1: 415 (1809).

Unresolved names

• Arbutus acadiensis L., Sp. Pl. 1: 395 (1753).
• Arbutus formosa Lavallée, Énum. Arbres 147 (1877), nom. nud.
• Arbutus glaberrima Noronha, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 5 (Art. 4): 6 (1790).
• Arbutus herpetica Coleb. ex Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 412 (1824).

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 395. Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 187. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Small, J.K. 1914. Ericaceae, in: North American Flora 29(1): 33–102. New York Botanical Garden. BHL
• Sørensen, P.D. 1995. Arbutus. in: Luteyn, J.L. (ed.): Ericaceae, Part II, the superior-ovaried genera. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 66: 194–221. JSTOR Extract
• Hileman, L.C., Vasey, M.C. & Parker, V.T. 2001. Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Arbutoideae (Ericaceae): Implications for the Madrean-Tethyan Hypothesis. Systematic Botany 26(1): 131–143 JSTOR . PDF. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Arbutus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 11. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Arbutus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 11. Reference page. 
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Arbutus in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2016 12 9.
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Arbutus. Published online. Accessed: Apr 17 2020.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Сунічнае дрэва
Deutsch: Erdbeerbäume
English: Strawberry-tree
Esperanto: Arbuto
español: Madroños
suomi: Mansikkapuut
македонски: Јагодник
Nederlands: Aardbeibomen
polski: Chróścina
svenska: Smultronträdssläktet

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