Arctous alpina

Taxonavigation

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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

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Arctous alpina Nied., 1889.

Synonyms

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  • 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

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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

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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


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