Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science (original) (raw)

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Native to:

Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Amur, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Russia, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mongolia, Montana, Netherlands, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Poland, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon

Extinct in:

Delaware

Homotypic Synonyms

• Arbutus uva-ursi L. in Sp. Pl.: 395 (1753)
• Mairania uva-ursi (L.) Desv. in J. Bot. Agric. 1: 37 (1813)
• Mairrania uva-ursi (L.) Desv. in J. Bot. Agric. 1: 37 (1813)
• Uva-ursi procumbens Moench in Methodus: 470 (1794)
• Uva-ursi uva-ursi (L.) Cockerell ex Daniels in Univ. Missouri Stud., Sci. Ser. 2(2): 186 (1911), not validly publ.

Heterotypic Synonyms

• Arbutus acerba Gilib. in Fl. Lit. Inch. 1: 5 (1782), opus utique oppr.
• Arbutus buxifolia Stokes in Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 509 (1812)
• Arbutus officinalis Boiss. in Fl. Orient. 3: 967 (1875)
• Arbutus procumbens Salisb. in Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 289 (1796)
• Arctostaphylos adenotricha (Fernald & J.F.Macbr.) Á.Löve, D.Löve & B.M.Kapoor in Arctic Alpine Res. 3(2): 154 (1972)
• Arctostaphylos alpina Payot in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 29: 43 (1882), nom. illeg.
• Arctostaphylos angustifolia Payot in Fl. Mont-Blanc, Phan.: 174 (1882), nom. illeg.
• Arctostaphylos crassifolia (Braun-Blanq.) Rivas Mart. in Itinera Geobot. 18: 481 (2011)
• Arctostaphylos officinalis Wimm. & Grab. in Fl. Siles. 1: 391 (1827)
• Arctostaphylos procumbens Patze, E.Mey. & Elkan in Fl. Preuss.: 188 (1849)
• Arctostaphylos uva-ursi subsp. adenotricha (Fernald & J.F.Macbr.) Calder & Roy L.Taylor in Canad. J. Bot. 43: 1397 (1965)
• Arctostaphylos uva-ursi var. adenotricha Fernald & J.F.Macbr. in Rhodora 16: 213 (1914)
• Arctostaphylos uva-ursi f. adenotricha (Fernald & J.F.Macbr.) P.V.Wells in Madroño 35: 339 (1988 publ. 1989)
• Arctostaphylos uva-ursi var. alba Cockerell in W. Amer. Sci. 6: 11 (1889)
• Arctostaphylos uva-ursi var. angustifolia Pau in Not. Bot. Fl. Españ. 6: 78 (1895)
• Arctostaphylos uva-ursi var. coactilis Fernald & J.F.Macbr. in Rhodora 16: 212 (1914)
• Arctostaphylos uva-ursi subsp. coactilis (Fernald & J.F.Macbr.) Á.Löve, D.Löve & B.M.Kapoor in Arctic Alpine Res. 3(2): 155 (1971)
• Arctostaphylos uva-ursi f. coactilis (Fernald & J.F.Macbr.) P.V.Wells in Madroño 35: 339 (1988 publ. 1989)
• Arctostaphylos uva-ursi var. crassifolia Braun-Blanq. in Anales Estac. Exp. Aula Dei 5: 35 (1955)
• Arctostaphylos uva-ursi subsp. crassifolia Rivas Mart. in Anales Inst. Bot. Cavanilles 21: 252 (1963), not validly publ.
• Arctostaphylos uva-ursi var. crassifolius Braun-Blanq. in Braun-Blanq. & O.Bolòs, Anales Estac. Exp. Aula Dei 8: 35 (1957)
• Arctostaphylos uva-ursi subsp. crassifolius (Braun-Blanq.) Rivas Mart. ex Torre, Alcaraz & M.B.Crespo in Lazaroa 16: 154 (1995 publ. 1996)
• Arctostaphylos uva-ursi var. fendleriana (Klotzsch) Eastw. in Leafl. W. Bot. 14: 269 (1946)
• Arctostaphylos uva-ursi f. heterochroma Fernald in Rhodora 35: 350 (1933)
• Arctostaphylos uva-ursi f. leobreweri (Roof) P.V.Wells in Madroño 35: 339 (1988 publ. 1989)
• Arctostaphylos uva-ursi var. leobreweri Roof in Changing Seasons 1(2): 26 (1980)
• Arctostaphylos uva-ursi subsp. longipilosa Packer & Denford in Canad. J. Bot. 52: 751 (1974)
• Arctostaphylos uva-ursi f. longipilosa (Packer & Denford) P.V.Wells in Madroño 35: 340 (1988 publ. 1989)
• Arctostaphylos uva-ursi var. marinensis Roof in Changing Seasons 1(2): 19 (1980)
• Arctostaphylos uva-ursi f. marinensis (Roof) P.V.Wells in Madroño 35: 340 (1988 publ. 1989)
• Arctostaphylos uva-ursi subsp. monoensis Roof in Changing Seasons 1(3): 7 (1980)
• Arctostaphylos uva-ursi var. pacifica Hultén in Acta Univ. Lund., 2, 44(1): 1249 (1948)
• Arctostaphylos uva-ursi subsp. stipitata Packer & Denford in Canad. J. Bot. 52: 750 (1974)
• Arctostaphylos uva-ursi var. stipitata (Packer & Denford) Dorn in Vasc. Pl. Wyoming: 296 (1988)
• Arctostaphylos uva-ursi f. stipitata (Packer & Denford) P.V.Wells in Madroño 35: 340 (1988 publ. 1989)
• Arctostaphylos uva-ursi var. suborbiculata W.Knight in Four Seasons 7(2): 32 (1984)
• Arctostaphylos uva-ursi f. suborbiculata (W.Knight) P.V.Wells in Madroño 35: 340 (1988 publ. 1989)
• Daphnidostaphylis fendleriana Klotzsch in Linnaea 24: 80 (1851)
• Uva-ursi buxifolia Gray in Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 400 (1821 publ. 1822)
• Uva-ursi procumbens var. adenotricha (Fernald & J.F.Macbr.) D.Löve in Bot. Not. 109: 198 (1956)
• Uva-ursi procumbens var. coactilis (Fernald & J.F.Macbr.) Moldenke in Boissiera 7: 5 (1943)
• Uva-ursi uva-ursi var. coactilis (Fernald & J.F.Macbr.) House in Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 254: 551 (1924), not validly publ.

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
• Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
• Barkalov, V.Y. (ed.) (1991). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 5: 1-388. Nauka, Leningrad.
• Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2009). Flora of North America North of Mexico 8: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
• Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
• Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
• Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
• Herkert, J.R. & Ebinger, J.E. (eds.) (2002). Endangered and Threatened Species of Illinois: status and distribution 1: 1-161. Endangered species protection board, Springfield, Illinois.
• Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
• Larson, J., Reif, B., Nelson, B.E. & Hartman, R.L. (2014). Floristic studies in North Central New Mexico, U.S.A. the Sange de Cristo mountains. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8: 271-303.
• Malyschev, L.I. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Siberia 11: 1-310. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
• Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.
• Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
• Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
• Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".
• Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
• Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1972). Flora Europaea 3: 1-370. Cambridge University Press.
• Vanderhorst, J.P. & al. (2013). Noteworthy collections West Virginia. Castanea 78: 134-136.

Kew Backbone Distributions

• Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.

• Barkalov, V.Y. (ed.) (1991). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 5: 1-388. Nauka, Leningrad.

• Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2009). Flora of North America North of Mexico 8: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

• Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.

• Herkert, J.R. & Ebinger, J.E. (eds.) (2002). Endangered and Threatened Species of Illinois: status and distribution 1: 1-161. Endangered species protection board, Springfield, Illinois.

• Hultén, E.O.G. (1960). Flora of the Aleutian Islands and westernmost Alaska Peninsula: with notes on the flora of Commander Islands, ed. 2: 1-376. Weinheim : J. Cramer ; New York : Hafner Pub. Co.

• Larson, J., Reif, B., Nelson, B.E. & Hartman, R.L. (2014). Floristic studies in North Central New Mexico, U.S.A. the Sange de Cristo mountains. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8: 271-303.

• Malyschev, L.I. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Siberia 11: 1-310. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.

• Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

• Urgamal, M., Oyuntsetseg, B., Nyambayar, D. & Dulamsuren, C. (2014). Conspectus of the vascular plants of Mongolia: 1. Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany.

• Vanderhorst, J.P. & al. (2013). Noteworthy collections West Virginia. Castanea 78: 134-136.

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