Arbutus
Genus of flowering plants in the heather family Ericaceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Madrone" redirects here. For other uses, see Madrone (disambiguation).
This article is about the plant genus. For other uses, see Arbutus (disambiguation).
Arbutus is a genus of 12 accepted species[2] of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae,[3] native to temperate regions of the Mediterranean, western Europe, the Canary Islands and North America, and commonly called madrones[4] or strawberry trees. The name Arbutus was taken by taxonomists from Latin, where it referred to the species now designated Arbutus unedo.[5]
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Arbutus | |
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Arbutus unedo | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ericaceae |
Subfamily: | Arbutoideae |
Genus: | Arbutus L.[1] |
Type species | |
Arbutus unedo L. 1753 | |
Species | |
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