Gaultheria mucronata

Gaultheria mucronata

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
Sectio: G. sect. Pernettya
Species: Gaultheria mucronata

Name

Gaultheria mucronata (L.f.) Hook. & Arn., J. Bot. (Hooker) 1: 281. 1834.

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Arbutus mucronata L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 239. 1781 [1782].

• Homotypic
  • Pernettya mucronata (L.f.) Gaudich. ex Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 4(2, Cur. Post.): 158. 1827.
  • Pernettya mucronata (L.f.) Gaudich. ex G.Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 836. 1834, isonym

• Heterotypic
  • Pernettya parvifolia Phil., Anales Univ. Chile 90: 194. 1895, nom. illeg. hom. – non Pernettya parvifolia Benth., Pl. Hartw.: 219. 1846.

Homonyms

• Gaultheria mucronata Hook. & Arn. = Gaultheria racemulosa (DC.) D.J.Middleton

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Southern South America Chile Central, Chile South, Argentina South. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Don, G. 1834. A general history of the dichlamydeous plants, comprising complete descriptions of the different orders; ...; the whole arranged according to the natural system. Vol. III. — Calyciiflorae. VIII+867 pp. J.G. and F. Rivington, et al., London. BHL Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. (filius) 1782 ["1781"]. Supplementum Plantarum systematis vegetabilium editionis decimae tertiae, generum plantarum editionis sextae, et specierum plantarum editionis secundae. [XVI]+468 pp. Impensis Orphanotrophei, Brunsvigae [Braunschweig]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Teillier, S. & Escobar, F. 2013. Revisión del género Gaultheria L. (Ericaceae) en Chile. Gayana. Botánica 70: 136–153. DOI: 10.4067/S0717-66432013000100014 Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Gaultheria mucronata. Published online. Accessed 23 March 2019.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Gaultheria mucronata.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Gaultheria mucronata.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pernettya mucronata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2019-03-23.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Gaultheria mucronata. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2019 March 23. Reference page. 

• Tropicos.org 2019. Gaultheria mucronata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 23 March 2019.
• Gaultheria mucronata in Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. Accessed: 23 March 2019.

Vernacular names

español: Chaura
suomi: Marjakanerva
français: Gaulthérie mucronée

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