Arbutus arizonica

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Ericaceae
Subfamilia: Arbutoideae
Genus: Arbutus
Species: Arbutus arizonica
Name

Arbutus arizonica (A.Gray) Sarg., Gard. & Forest 4: 317. 1891.
Synonyms

Basionym
Arbutus xalapensis var. arizonica A.Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. ed. 2, 2(1 Suppl.): 396. 1886.
Homotypic
Arbutus xalapensis subsp. arizonica (A.Gray) A.E.Murray, Kalmia 12: 18. 1982.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Arbutus arizonica

Continental: Northern America
Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
Arizona.
Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
New Mexico.
Regional: Mexico
Mexico Central (México State), Mexico Northeast (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, Nuevo León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas), Mexico Northwest (Sinaloa, Sonora), Mexico Southwest (Colima, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit).

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Sargent, C.S. 1891. Garden & Forest 4: 317, fig. 54.

Links

Hassler, M. 2020. Arbutus arizonica. 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. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr 17. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Arbutus arizonica in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Arbutus arizonica. Published online. Accessed: Apr 17 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Arbutus arizonica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Apr 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Arbutus arizonica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.
USDA NRCS PLANTS Profile

Vernacular names
English: Arizona Madrone
español: Madroño de Arizona

Arbutus arizonica, commonly known as Arizona madrone, is a tree species in the heath family that is native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Its range extends along the Sierra Madre Occidental cordillera from the Madrean Sky Islands of southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico[3] south as far as Jalisco. It has been found in Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, and Sinaloa, with one isolated population in Tamaulipas.[4][5]

Arbutus arizonica is a tree that grows up to 45 ft (14 m), and has pinkish-brown bark. The fruit is an orange-red berry.[6] The fruits are edible by humans and used by some indigenous peoples.[7]
References

Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). "Arbutus arizonica". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 208. e.T126504863A148988028. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T126504863A148988028.en.
"Arbutus arizonica". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2012-04-21.
Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
Little Jr., Elbert L. (1976). "Map 18, Arbutus arizonica". Atlas of United States Trees. Vol. 3 (Minor Western Hardwoods). US Government Printing Office. LCCN 79-653298. OCLC 4053799.
SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter photos, description, distribution map
Flora of North America, Arbutus arizonica (A. Gray) Sargent, 1891. Arizona madrone
Laferrière, Joseph E., Charles W. Weber and Edwin A. Kohlhepp. 1991a. Use and nutritional composition of some traditional Mountain Pima plant foods. Journal of Ethnobiology 11(1):93-114.