Arbutus
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Arbutus

killarney strawberry
madrone
strawberry tree

Hierarchical position of the Genus Arbutus

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Dilleniidae Takht. ex Reveal & Tahkt.
pub. 1993
  
   SuperOrdo  Ericanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 221. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Ericales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 28. 1829.
  
   Subordo  Ericineae Burnett
pub. Outl. Bot.: 901, 937, 938, 1108. Jun 1835.
  
   Familia  Ericaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 159. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Heaths, Heathers
  
   Subfamilia  Arbutoideae Nied.
pub. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 11: 135. 18 Jun 1889.
  
   Tribus  Arbuteae Meisn.
pub. Pl. Vasc. Gen.: Tab. Diagn. 243, Comm. 154. 18-24 Aug 1839.
  
   Subtribus  Arbutinae Kitt.
pub. Taschenb. Fl. Deutschl., 2, 1: 458. Nov 1843.
  
   Genus  Arbutus L.
pub. (1753)
common name: madrone
  

Named members of the Genus Arbutus

1
   Species  alpina L.
syn. Arctostaphylos alpina
2
   Species  arizonica (Gray) Sarg.
common name: Arizona madrone
3
   Species  menziesii Pursh
common name: Pacific madrone
  
4
   Species  texana Buckl.
syn. Arbutus xalapensis
5
   Species  unedo L.
common name: strawberry tree, killarney strawberry
  
6
   Species  xalapensis Kunth
 
7
   Varietas  texana (Buckl.) Gray
syn. Arbutus xalapensis

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

 

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed October 31, 2004   

 

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