Subfamily of flowering plants in the heather family Ericaceae
The Arbutoideae are a subfamily in the plant family Ericaceae . Phylogenetic analysis supported all genera of the subfamily as monophyletic , except Arbutus .[1] Moreover, it was suggested that the non-sister relationship between Mediterranean and North American species may be explained by a once widespread distribution in the Northern hemisphere before the Neogene .[1]
The genera Arbutus , Arctostaphylos , Comarostaphylis form a particular type of mycorrhizal symbiosis with the fungus, Arbutoid mycorrhiza , which resembles ectomycorrhizas .[2] [3]
Image Genus Living species Arbutus L. Species Common name Range andrachne Greek strawberry tree Mediterranean and Middle East canariensis Canary madrone Canary Islands of Spain pavarii Libya: Jebel Akhdar range in coastal Cyrenaica unedo Strawberry tree Europe, north Africa, Middle East arizonica Arizona madrone Mexico, southwestern United States bicolor . madrensis Mexico: Durango, Jalisco, Nayarit, Sinaloa menziesii Pacific madrone Coastal areas of British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California; Sierra Nevada mollis Mexico occidentalis western Mexico tessellata . northern and central Mexico from Chihuahua to Jalisco, Tlaxcala, and Veracruz xalapensis Texas madrone Central American, Mexico, southwestern United States
Arctostaphylos Adans. Species Common name Range mendocinoensis Pygmy manzanita myrtifolia Ione manzanita California (Amador, Calaveras Counties) nissenana Nissenan manzanita California (coastal and inland ranges north of San Francisco Bay) nummularia Glossyleaf manzanita California (Mendocino County)
Subgenus Arctostaphylos , which has 3 sections : Species Common name Range alpina Alpine bearberry bakeri Baker's manzanita California (Sonoma County) densiflora Sonoma manzanita California (Sonoma County) edmundsii Little Sur manzanita California (Monterey County) franciscana Franciscan manzanita California (San Francisco County) gabrielensis San Gabriel manzanita California (Los Angeles County) glauca Bigberry manzanita California and Baja California hispidula Gasquet manzanita Coastal mountain ranges of southern Oregon and northern California hookeri Hooker's manzanita California insularis Island manzanita California (Santa Cruz Island) klamathensis Klamath manzanita California (Klamath Mountains) manzanita Common manzanita, whiteleaf manzanita California (Coast Ranges and Sierra Nevada foothills) mewukka Indian manzanita California (Sierra Nevada) nevadensis Pinemat manzanita California parryana Parry manzanita California (southern) patula Greenleaf manzanita Western North America pumila Sandmat manzanita California (Monterey County) pungens Pointleaf manzanita Southwestern United States and to northern and central Mexico rudis Shagbark manzanita California (southern central coast) stanfordiana Stanford's manzanita California (Outer North Coast Ranges north of the San Francisco Bay Area) uva-ursi Bearberry Europe, Asia, North America viscida Sticky manzanita, whiteleaf manzanita California and Oregon
Species Common name Range pringlei Pringle manzanita
Arctous (A.Gray) Nied. Comarostaphylis Zucc. Ornithostaphylos Small Xylococcus Nutt. Species Common name Range bicolor Mission manzanita