Arbutus mollis

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 mollis

Name

Arbutus mollis Kunth in Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 219 (1819).

• Typus: Mexico. Guanajuato: crescit propter Guanaxuato Mexicanorum, Sep 1893, A. Humboldt & A. Bonpland s.n., obviously lost (Lectotype, designated by Sørensen 1995: description in Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth, Nov. gen. sp. 3. 1819).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Arbutus occidentalis var. villosa McVaugh & Rosatti, Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 11: 304 (1978).
    • Typus: Mexico. Mexico, Distr. Temascaltepec, between Cumbre and Cimientos, on cliff, 26.01.1936 (fl), G.B. Hinton et al. 8847 (Holotypus: MICH; isotipi: C, GH, K, LAM, MEXU, NY, US).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central (México State), Mexico Northeast (Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí), Mexico Southwest (Guerrero, Michoacán, Oaxaca). 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 orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt. Tomus 3 (folio ed.). 356 pp., tt. 193–300. Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. e-rara.ch Reference page. 

Additional references

• Sørensen, P.D. 1995. Arbutus. in: Luteyn, J.L. (ed.): Ericaceae, Part II, the superior-ovaried genera. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 66: 194–221. JSTOR
• González Elizondo, M.d.S., González Elizondo, M. & Zamudio, S. 2012. Delimitación taxonómica de Arbutus mollis y A. occidentalis (Ericaceae). Acta Botanica Mexicana 101: 49–81. DOI: 10.21829/abm101.2012.25 . Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Arbutus mollis 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.