Arbutus occidentalis

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 occidentalis

Name

Arbutus occidentalis McVaugh & Rosatti, Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 11: 303 (1978).

• Typus: México. Jalisco: Autlán, Sierra de Manantlán, along lumber roads east of the summit between El Chante and Cuzalapa, 19°35' N, 104°8'–15' W, summits of cliffs in pine-forest, 2750 m, 20-21 Mar 1965 (fl), McVaugh 23129 (Holotypus: MICH).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Durango), Mexico Northwest (Sinaloa), Mexico Southwest (Jalisco). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• McVaugh, R. & Rosatti, T.J. 1978. A new species of Arbutus (Ericaceae) from western Mexico. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 11(5): 301–304. BHL 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 occidentalis 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. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Arbutus occidentalis. Accessed: 20 Apr 2021.