Genus Arctostaphylos Adans.


Summary
Genus number:
929
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Arbutoideae
Common name(s):

manzanita
Accession count:

72 (62  active, 42  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
conserved (nom. cons.) against the homotypic synonym (Madrid ICN Art. 14.4 & App. III) Uva-ursi Duhamel, nom. rej.


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References:
  1. Hileman, L. C. et al. 2001. Phylogeny and biogeography of the Arbutoideae (Ericaceae): implications for the Madrean-Tethyan hypothesis. Syst. Bot. 26:131-143. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  2. International Society for Horticultural Science. International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource).
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=929. Accessed 12 May 2026.