Ericaceae

Empetrum Tourn. ex L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1022 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Subarctic and Subalpine Northern Hemisphere, S. South America to Subantarctic Islands.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Baltic States

Native to:

Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Argentina South, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Russia, Chile Central, Chile South, China North-Central, Chita, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Falkland Is., Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Iceland, Inner Mongolia, Ireland, Irkutsk, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Poland, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tristan da Cunha, Turkey, Tuva, Ukraine, Vermont, Washington, West Siberia, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon

Extinct in:

Juan Fernández Is.

Introduced into:

South Georgia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.

Other Data

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Sources

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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