Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Asteranae > Order Ericales > Family Ericaceae > Genus Arctostaphylos

Arctostaphylos alpinus (L.) Spreng.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

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Genus group names

*Arctostaphylos*	Adans.	accepted genus name
*Arctous*	(A. Gray) Nied.	heterotypic synonym

Species group names

*Arbutus alpina*	L.	basionym
*Arbutus alpina*	L.	homotypic synonym
*Arctous alpina*	(L.) Nied.	homotypic synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: boixerola; boixerola alpina; raïm d'óssa sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

English-United States: Alpine Bearberry sources: Charles Hussey

Spanish, Castillian: gayuba sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Swedish: ripbär

Welsh: llusen-yr-arth ddu

Literature

nomenclatural reference	Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2. 1825.

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Citation

Valdés, B.; with contributions from Raab-Straube, E. von & Parolly, G. (2009): Ericaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Arctostaphylos alpinus (L.) Spreng.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=A9DF4AD3-89BC-4F15-B98F-17EEE732D7BF

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2009-10-12 by Valdés, B.; with contributions from Raab-Straube, E. von & Parolly, G. (2009): Ericaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.

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