Gaultheria myrtilloides

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
Species: Gaultheria myrtilloides

Name

Gaultheria myrtilloides Cham. & Schltdl., Linnaea 1(4): 523(–524). 1826.

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Pernettya myrtilloides (Cham. & Schltdl.) Meisn., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 7: 149(–150), t. 56, fig. 1. 1863, nom. illeg. hom. – non Pernettya myrtilloides Zucc. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2(10): 306. 1841, nom. illeg. superfl.

• Heterotypic
  • Pernettya myrtilloides var. alpina Meisn., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 7: 150, t. 56, fig. 2. 1863. (as β. alpina)
  • Gaultheria alpina Mart. ex Meisn., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 7: 150. 1863, nom. inval. pro syn. – non Gaultheria alpina (Donn.Sm.) Sleumer, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 13(117): 207. 1936.

Homonym

• Gaultheria myrtilloides Poepp. & Endl., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 1(4–6): 25. 1836, nom. illeg. hom.

Distribution

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

References

• Luteyn, J.L. 1995. 18. Gaultheria Linnaeus. Pp. 384–488 in Luteyn, J.L. (ed.), Ericaceae — Part II. The superior-ovaried genera (Monotropoideae, Pyroloideae, Rhododendroideae, and Vaccinioideae p.p.) (Flora Neotropica, Monograph 66.) The New York Botanical Garden, New York. ISBN 978-0-89327-473-3 JSTOR Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Gaultheria myrtilloides. Published online. Accessed: 26 March 2019.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Gaultheria myrtilloides.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Gaultheria myrtilloides. 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 March 26. Reference page. 

• Tropicos.org 2019. Gaultheria myrtilloides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 March 2019.
• Gaultheria myrtilloides in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 26 March 2019.