Ericaceae

Arbutus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 395 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Macaronesia, W. Europe to Medit., W. Canada to Central America.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Arizona, Baleares, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., El Salvador, France, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Oregon, Palestine, Portugal, Sicilia, Spain, Texas, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Washington, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Madeira, New Zealand North, New Zealand South

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Rico, L. [2043], Mexico K000266016 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0