Arctostaphylos manzanita subsp. elegans

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Arctostaphylos manzanita subsp. elegans
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Arctostaphylos
Species:
A. manzanita
Subspecies:
A. m. subsp. elegans
Trinomial name
Arctostaphylos manzanita subsp. elegans
Synonyms
  • Arctostaphylos elegans Jeps. [1]
  • Arctostaphylos manzanita var. elegans (Jeps.) L.D.Benson
  • Arctostaphylos pungens subsp. elegans (Jeps.) Roof
  • Uva-ursi elegans (Jeps.) A. Heller [2]

Arctostaphylos manzanita subsp. elegans, also known as the Konocti manzanita, is a subspecies of the Common manzanita. It is endemic to California. [3] It was originally described at the rank of species as Arctostaphylos elegans in 1893 by Willis Linn Jepson. It was reduced to a subspecies of Arctostaphylos manzanita by Philipp Vincent Wells in 1968. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Jeps. Erythea 1(1): 15 1893
  2. ↑ (Jeps.) A. Heller Cat. N. Amer. Pl. (ed. 3) 276 1914
  3. ↑ "Arctostaphylos manzanita SSP. Elegans Calflora".
  4. ↑ "Arctostaphylos manzanita subsp. elegans". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens . Retrieved 1 February 2011.
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