Comarostaphylis

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: Comarostaphylis
Species: C. arbutoides – C. discolor – C. diversifolia – C. glaucescens – C. lanata – C. longifolia – C. macvaughii – C. mucronata – C. polifolia – C. sharpii – C. spinulosa
Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2020. Comarostaphylis. 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 21. Reference page.

Name

Comarostaphylis Zucc., 1837

Type species: Comarostaphylis arguta Zucc.

Synonyms

Arctostaphylos sect. Comarostaphylis (Zucc.) A. Gray
Arctostaphylos sect. Comarostaphylis (Zucc.) Benth. & Hook. f.
Arctostaphylos subg. Comarostaphylis (Zucc.) Drude

References
Primary references

Zuccarini, J.G., 1837. Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Classe der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 2: 331–335.

Links

Hassler, M. 2020. Comarostaphylis. 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 21. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Comarostaphylis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Comarostaphylis. Published online. Accessed: Apr 21 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Comarostaphylis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Apr 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Comarostaphylis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names
English: summer holly

Comarostaphylis is a genus of shrubs in the heath family native to the Americas from California in the United States to Panama. These are hairy, glandular shrubs to small trees with shreddy bark, often quite similar to their close relatives, the manzanitas.

Species:

Comarostaphylis arbutoides
Comarostaphylis discolor syn C. arguta
Comarostaphylis diversifolia
Comarostaphylis glaucescens
Comarostaphylis lanata
Comarostaphylis longifolia
Comarostaphylis mucronata
Comarostaphylis polifolia
Comarostaphylis sharpii
Comarostaphylis spinulosa

References