Arbutus menziesii

Arbutus menziesii

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: Arbutus menziesii

Name

Arbutus menziesii Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 282 (1813).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Arbutus menziesii var. elliptica DC., Prodr. 7: 582 (1839).
  • Arbutus menziesii var. oblongifolia DC., Prodr. 7: 582 (1839).
  • Arbutus procera Douglas ex Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 21: t. 1753 (1835).

Homonyms

• Arbutus procera Sol. ex DC. (1839) = Arbutus canariensis Duhamel

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Western Canada British Columbia. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Oregon, Washington. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California. Regional: Mexico Mexico Northwest (Baja California). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Pursh, F.T. 1813 "1814". Flora Americae Septentrionalis, or, A systematic arrangement and description of the plants of North America. Vol. 1. xxxv + 358 pp., London: White, Cochrance, and co. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Arbutus menziesii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Arbutus menziesii. 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 13. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Arbutus menziesii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 13. Reference page. 
• USDA NRCS PLANTS Profile

Vernacular names

català: Arboç del Pacífic
čeština: planika Menziesova
Deutsch: Amerikanischer Erdbeerbaum
English: Pacific Madrone
Esperanto: Menzies-arbuto
español: Madroño del Pacífico
suomi: Kalifornianmansikkapuu
français: Arbousier d'Amérique
magyar: Kaliforniai szamócafa
русский: Земляничное дерево Менциса

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