Arbutus unedo

Familia: Ericaceae
Subfamilia: Arbutoideae
Genus: Arbutus
Species: Arbutus unedo

Arbutus unedo L., Sp. Pl. 1: 395 (1753).

• Lectotypus: Herb. Clifford: 163, Arbutus 1 (BM-000628452), designated by: Chamberlain in Jarvis & al. (ed.), Regnum Veg. 127 : 20. 1993.

• Homotypic
  • Arbutus serratifolia Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 288 (1796), nom. superfl.
  • Unedo edulis Hoffmanns. & Link, Fl. Portug. 1: 415 (1820).
  • Arbutus vulgaris Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 2: 7 (1899).
  • Arbutus unedo f. serratifolia (Salisb.) Braun-Blanq. in G. Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5(3): 1665 (1926).
• Heterotypic
  • Arbutus laurifolia L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 238 (1782).
  • Arbutus unedo var. rubra Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2: 71 (1789).
    • Arbutus unedo f. rubra (Aiton) Rehder, Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 536 (1949).
  • Arbutus procumbens Kluk ex Besser, Prim. Fl. Galiciae Austriac. 2: 355 (1809), nom. illeg. non Salisb. (1796).
  • Arbutus unedo var. turbinata Pers., Syn. Pl.: 482 (1805).
  • Arbutus unedo var. plena W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 3: 56 (1811).
  • Arbutus unedo var. alba W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 3: 56 (1811).
  • Arbutus unedo var. integerrima Sims, Bot. Mag. 49: t. 2319 (1822).
  • Arbutus crispa Hoffmanns., Verz. Pfl.-Kult., Nachtr. 1: 204 (1824).
    • Arbutus unedo var. crispa (Hoffmanns.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 10: 102 (1908).
    • Arbutus unedo f. crispa (DC.) Braun-Blanq. in G. Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5(3): 1665 (1926).
  • Arbutus salicifolia Cels ex Hoffmanns., Verz. Pfl.-Kult., Nachtr. 1: 204 (1824).
    • Arbutus unedo var. salicifolia (Cels ex Hoffmanns.) Regel, Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1856: 31 (1856).
    • Arbutus unedo var. salicifolia (Cels ex Hoffmanns.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 10: 102 (1908).
    • Arbutus unedo f. salicifolia (Cels ex Hoffmanns.) Braun-Blanq. in G. Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5(3): 1665 (1926).
  • Arbutus turbinata Pers. ex Rchb., Fl. Germ. Excurs. 1: 416 (1831).
  • Arbutus cassinifolia Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 119 (1840).
  • Arbutus intermedia Heldr. ex Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 490 (1879).
  • Arbutus microphylla Anon., Gard. Chron., n.s., 22: 49 (1884), nom. illeg.
  • Arbutus croomii Anon., Gard. Chron., n.s., 22: 492 (1884).
    • Arbutus unedo var. croomii Anon., Gard. Chron., n.s., 22: 492 (1884).
  • Arbutus nothocomaros Heldr. ex Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur., Suppl. 2(1): 214 (1889).
  • Unedo oviformis Jord. in C.T.A.Jordan & J.P.Fourreau, Icon. Fl. Eur. 3: 42 (1904).
  • Unedo globosa Jord. in C.T.A.Jordan & J.P.Fourreau, Icon. Fl. Eur. 3: 42 (1904).
  • Arbutus unedo var. ellipsoidea Azn., Magyar Bot. Lapok 3: 9 (1904).
  • Arbutus unedo var. serratifolia Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 10: 102 (1908), nom. inval.
  • Arbutus unedo var. integrifolia Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 10: 102 (1908), nom. superfl.
    • Arbutus unedo f. integrifolia (Sims) Braun-Blanq. in G. Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5(3): 1665 (1926).
  • Arbutus unedo var. tangerina Pau, Mem. Real Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 12: 358 (1924).
  • Arbutus unedo f. subcrenata Maire, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 32: 212 (1941).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Ireland. Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia (Sicily), Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia). Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia. Regional: Macaronesia (introduced) Canary Islands (Gran Canaria, Tenerife), Madeira Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Lebanon-Syria (Lebanon, Syria), Turkey. Continental: Australasia (introduced) Regional: Australia New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia (doubtfully established), Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia. Regional: New Zealand New Zealand North, New Zealand South. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 395. Reference page. 

• Jarvis, C.E., Barrie, F.R., Allan, D.M. & Reveal, J.L. 1993. A List of Linnaean Generic Names and their Types. Regnum Vegetabile 127: 1–100. Reference page. 

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Arbutus unedo in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accedit el: 2023 Jan 18. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Arbutus unedo. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accedit el: 18 Jan 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Arbutus unedo. Published online. Accessed 18 Jan 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Arbutus unedo. Accedit el: 18 Jan 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Arbutus unedo. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accedit el: 2023 Jan 18. Reference page. 
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Arbutus unedo in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the internet. Accedit el: 2023 Jan 18.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Arbutus unedo in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.
• Tela Botanica (ed.) 2000 onwards: Tela Botanica. Le réseau de la botanique francophone. eFlore. Arbutus unedo. Association Tela Botanica, Montpellier, France. Accedit el: 2011 Dec 15. Arbutus unedo

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