Gaultheria humifusa

Gaultheria humifusa (fig. 6)

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: Vaccinioideae
Tribus: Gaultherieae
Genus: Gaultheria
Species: Gaultheria humifusa

Name

Gaultheria humifusa (Graham) Rydb., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 300. (1900)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Vaccinium humifusum Graham, in Edinburgh New Philos. J. 1831(Apr.-June): 193. (1831)
• Heterotypic
  • Gaultheria myrsinites Hook., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 35. (1834)
  • Vaccinium obtusum Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. (Pursh) 1: 290. (1813)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming Southwestern U.S.A. California, Nevada, Utah South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Rydberg, P.A. 1900. Catalogue of the Flora of Montana and the Yellowstone National Park. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 1: 1–492. BHL Reference page. : 300

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Gaultheria humifusa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 22. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Gaultheria humifusa. 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 Aug. 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Gaultheria humifusa. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 22 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Gaultheria humifusa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Aug. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Gaultheria humifusa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 22.

Vernacular names

English: alpine wintergreen