Arctous alpina

Arctous alpina

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: Arctous
Species: Arctous alpina

Name

Arctous alpina Nied., 1889.

Synonyms

• Arbutus alpina L.
• Arctostaphylos alpinus (L.) Sprengel
• Arctous alpina subsp. japonica (Nakai) Tatew.
• Arctous alpina var. japonicus (Nakai) Ohwi
• Arctous japonicus Nakai
• Mairania alpina (L.) Desv.
• Uva-ursi alpina (L.) S.F.Gray
• Vaccinium merkii Fisch. ex Herd.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Eurasia Albania, Austria, England, Slovakia, +Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Switzerland, N-Spain (Pyrenees), Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Macedonia, Serbia & Kosovo, Norway, N- & W-European Russia, Sweden, Siberia (W-Siberia, C-Siberia), China (Gansu, Nei Mongol, Qinghai, Shaanxi, N-Sichuan, Xinjiang), Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu), Russian Far East (incl. Kuril Isl., Sakhalin, Kamchatka) Continental: Northern America Alaska, USA (Maine, New Hampshire), Canada (British Columbia, Labrador, Manitoba, Newfoundland, Northern Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Yukon), Greenland, St. Pierre et Miquelon References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Niedenzu, F.J., 1889. Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien 4(1): 48.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2020. Arctous alpina. 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. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr 20. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Arctous alpina in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Arctous alpina. Published online. Accessed: Apr 20 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Arctous alpina. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Apr 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Alpine Bearberry
español: Gayuva Negra
suomi: Riekonmarja
français: Raisin d'Ours des Alpes
svenska: Ripbär

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