Arbutus xalapensis

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 xalapensis

Name

Arbutus xalapensis Kunth in Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth, Nov. gen. sp. 3: 279 (1819).

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Arbutus densiflora Kunth in Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 220, tab. 260 (1819).
- Arbutus densiflora Benth., Pl. Hartw. 15 (1839), nom. illeg. non Kunth (1819).
- Arbutus donnell-smithii Small, N. Amer. Fl. 29(1): 85 (1914).
- Arbutus floribunda M.Martens & Galeotti, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 9: 534 (1842).
- Arbutus glandulosa M.Martens & Galeotti, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 9: 533 (1842).
- Arbutus laurina M.Martens & Galeotti, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 9: 535 (1842).
- Arbutus macrophylla M.Martens & Galeotti, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 9: 529 (1842).
- Arbutus paniculata M.Martens & Galeotti, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 9: 535 (1842).
- Arbutus petiolaris Kunth in Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 22 (1819).
  - Arbutus densiflora var. petiolaris (Kunth)Loes., Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 219 (1903)
- Arbutus texana Buckley, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 13: 460 (1862).
  - Arbutus xalapensis Kunth var. texana (Buckley) A.Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. ed. 2, 2 (1): 397 (1886).
  - Arbutus xalapensis subsp. texana (Buckley) A.E.Murray, Kalmia 12: 18 (1982).
- Arbutus varians Benth., Pl. Hartw. 77 (1841).
- Arbutus laurifolia Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 25: t. 67 (1839).
- Arbutus peninsularis Rose & Goldman, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13: 312 (1911).
- Arbutus prunifolia Klotzsch, Linnaea 24: 73 (1851).
- Arbutus rubescens Bertol., Fl. Guatimal.: 20 (1840).
  - Comarostaphylis rubescens (Bertol.) Klotzsch, Linnaea 24: 77 (1851).
  - Arctostaphylos rubescens (Bertol.) Hemsl., Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2: 279 (1881).
- Arbutus villosa Willd. ex Klotzsch, Linnaea 24: 72 (1851).
- Comarostaphylis glauca Buckley, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 13: 461 (1862).
- Arbutus xalapensis var. pubescens Benth.

Homonyms

Arbutus floribunda Dippel (1889) = Gaultheria phillyreifolia (Pers.) Sleumer

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
  - New Mexico, Texas.
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central (México Distrito Federal, México State, Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala), Mexico Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Northeast (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas), Mexico Northwest (Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, Sonora), Mexico Southeast (Chiapas), Mexico Southwest (Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca).
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd 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.

Additional references

Sørensen, P.D. 1995. Arbutus. Pp. 194–221 in: Luteyn, J.L. (ed.): Ericaceae, Part II, the superior-ovaried genera. Flora Neotropica, Monograph. 66. JSTOR Extract

Links

USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Arbutus xalapensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.
USDA NRCS PLANTS Profile

Vernacular names

English: Texas Madrone
español: Madroño Méxicano

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