Arbutus arizonica

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Arizona madrone
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Arbutus arizonica foliage
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Arbutus
Species:
A. arizonica
Binomial name
Arbutus arizonica
(A.Gray) Sarg. 1891
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Natural range of Arbutus arizonica
Synonyms [2]

A. xalapensis var. arizonicaA.Gray 1886

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]

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References

  1. 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 . S2CID   242036589.
  2. "Arbutus arizonica". Germplasm Resources Information Network . Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved 2012-04-21.
  3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. 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.
  5. SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter photos, description, distribution map
  6. Flora of North America, Arbutus arizonica (A. Gray) Sargent, 1891. Arizona madrone
  7. 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.

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