Arctostaphylos bakeri

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: Arctostaphylos
Subgenus: A. subg. Arctostaphylos

Sectio: A. sect. Arctostaphylos
Species: Arctostaphylos bakeri
Subspecies: A. b. subsp. bakeri – A. b. subsp. sublaevis
Name

Arctostaphylos bakeri Eastw., 1934
References
Primary references

Eastwood, A., 1934. Leaflets of Western Botany 1(11): 115.

Links

Hassler, M. 2020. Arctostaphylos bakeri. 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 18. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Arctostaphylos bakeri in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Arctostaphylos bakeri. Published online. Accessed: Apr 18 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Arctostaphylos bakeri. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Apr 2020.

Vernacular names
English: Baker's Manzanita

Arctostaphylos bakeri is a species of manzanita known by the common name Baker's manzanita. It is endemic to Sonoma County, California, where it grows in the chaparral and woodlands of the North Coast Ranges. It is sometimes a member of the serpentine soils flora.[2]

Description

Arctostaphylos bakeri is a shrub growing one to three meters in height. Its smaller twigs are bristly and glandular or hairy to woolly. The dark green leaves are generally oval in shape and up to 3 centimeters long. They may be glandular, rough or fuzzy in texture, and dull or shiny in appearance.

The plentiful inflorescences hold crowded clusters of urn-shaped manzanita flowers.[3] The fruit is a hairless drupe up to a centimeter wide.
See also

California chaparral and woodlands
Milo Samuel Baker

References

"NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
Calscape.com. "Baker's Manzanita, Arctostaphylos bakeri". Calscape. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
"Arctostaphylos bakeri 'Louis Edmonds' | California Flora Nursery". www.calfloranursery.com. Retrieved 2017-07-12.