Arctostaphylos pungens

Arctostaphylos pungens

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: Arctostaphylos
Subgenus: A. subg. Arctostaphylos

Sectio: A. sect. Arctostaphylos
Species: Arctostaphylos pungens

Name

Arctostaphylos pungens Kunth (1819)

Synonyms

• Arbutus ferruginea Sessè & Moc.
• Arbutus mucronata Sessè & Moc.
• Arbutus myrtifolia Willd. ex Steud.
• Arbutus rigida Willd. ex Steud.
• Arctostaphylos chaloneorum J.B.Roof
• Arctostaphylos pseudopungens J.B.Roof
• Arctostaphylos pungens subsp. chaloneorum (J.B.Roof) J.B.Roof
• Arctostaphylos pungens var. mexicana W.Knight
• Daphnidostaphylis pungens (Kunth) Klotzsch
• Uva-ursi pungens (Kunth) Abrams
• Uva-ursi tomentosa Abrams

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. USA (Arizona, California, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas, Utah) Regional: Mexico Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S. 1818–1820 ["1818"]. Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt. Tomus 3 (quarto ed.). 456 pp., tt. 193–300. Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 3: 218[folio]; 3: 278[quarto].

Links

• Hassler, M. 2020. Arctostaphylos pungens. 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. Arctostaphylos pungens 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. Arctostaphylos pungens. Published online. Accessed: Apr 20 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Arctostaphylos pungens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Apr 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Arctostaphylos pungens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: pointleaf manzanita

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