Biology:Arbutus tessellata

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Arbutus tessellata
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Arbutus
Species:
A. tessellata
Binomial name
Arbutus tessellata
P.D.Sørensen 1987

Arbutus tessellata is a Mexican species of shrubs in the heath family. It is widespread across much of northern and central Mexico from Chihuahua to Jalisco, Tlaxcala, and Veracruz.[1][2] It is found in a variety of habitats including Coastal chaparral and Mixed evergreen scrub and woodland. It has a relatively low seed germination rate which is one of the reasons that it is found in scattered populations. They produce red berries and their bark peels.

References

  1. Sørensen, P. D. 1995. Arbutus Linnaeus. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 66: 194–221.
  2. Sørensen, Paul Davidson 1987. Brittonia 39(2): 263, figure 1

Wikidata ☰ Q15369392 entry