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Internal ID UUID64400a17464d0513873622
Scientific name Arctostaphylos pungens
Authority Kunth
First published in Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 278 (1819)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Arbutus madrono Humb. ex Kunth Nouv. Espagne ii. 454, ex H. B. & K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. 282.
Arbutus myrtifolia Willd. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 120 (1840)
Arbutus nuda Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 119 (1840)
Arbutus rigida Willd. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 120, 119. 1840
Arbutus tomentosa var. nuda Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 37 (1834)
Arctostaphylos benitoensis Roof Four Seasons 5(4): 5 (1978)
Arctostaphylos chaloneorum Roof Four Seasons 5(4): 3 (1978)
Arctostaphylos cratericola (Donn.Sm.) Donn.Sm. Bot. Gaz. 55: 437 (1913)
Arctostaphylos glauca S.Watson Botany [Fortieth Parallel] 210 1871
Arctostaphylos pseudopungens Roof Four Seasons 5(4): 9 (1978)
Arctostaphylos pungens subsp. chaloneorum (Roof) Roof Changing Seasons 1(1): 20 (1979)
Arctostaphylos pungens var. cratericola Donn.Sm. Bot. Gaz. 16: 13 (1891)
Arctostaphylos pungens f. glaucifolia Wawra Itin. Princ. S. Coburgi 1: 72 (1883)
Arctostaphylos pungens var. mexicana W.Knight Four Seasons 7(1): 18 (1984)
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi subsp. cratericola (Donn.Sm.) P.V.Wells Madroño 19: 205 (1968)
Daphnidostaphylis pungens (Kunth) Klotzsch Linnaea 24: 80 (1851)
Arctostaphylos tomentosa var. nuda (Hook.) Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 21: t. 1791 1836
Uva-ursi cratericola (Donn.Sm.) Abrams N. Amer. Fl. 29: 94 (1914)
Uva-ursi pungens (Kunth) Abrams Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 6: 432 (1910)

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Language Common/alternative name
English pointleaf manzanita
Spanish arbutus myrtifolia
Spanish uva-ursi pungens
Spanish daphnidostaphylis pungens
Spanish arctostaphylos uva-ursi subsp. cratericola
Spanish arbutus madrono
Spanish arctostaphylos glauca
Spanish arbutus tomentosa var. nuda
Spanish arctostaphylos chaloneorum
Spanish arbutus nuda
Spanish uva-ursi tomentosa
Spanish tepesquite
Spanish pingüica
Spanish arbutus tomentosa
Spanish arbutus ferruginea
Spanish arbutus mucronata
nv dinas bineestʼąʼ

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World Flora Online wfo-0000543665
UNII C36D33JR5J
USDA Plants ARPU5
Tropicos 12300584
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17885-2
The Plant List kew-2647339
Open Tree Of Life 750139
NCBI Taxonomy 89203
Nature Serve 2.137556
IUCN Red List 126504972
IPNI 326661-1
iNaturalist 58892
GBIF 2882572
Freebase /m/04n1m0v
FEIS plants/shrub/arcpun
EPPO ARYPG
EOL 583680
Calflora (Californian flora) 602
USDA GRIN 3864
Wikipedia Arctostaphylos_pungens
PFAF Arctostaphylos pungens

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Climate Change Habitat Model Forecasts for Eight Owl Species in the Southwestern US Cartron JL, Triepke FJ, Stahlecker DW, Arsenault DP, Ganey JL, Hathcock CD, Thompson HK, Cartron MC, Calhoun KC Animals (Basel) 06-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10740657
doi:10.3390/ani13243770
PMID:38136807
Habitat selection of Gould’s wild turkeys in southeastern Arizona Ulrey EE, Wightman PH, Bakner NW, Buckley BR, Fyffe N, Oleson B, Smallwood A, Heffelfinger JR, Chamberlain MJ, Collier BA Sci Rep 30-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10616159
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-45684-1
PMID:37903898
Antioxidants in Traditional Mexican Medicine and Their Applications as Antitumor Treatments Soto KM, Pérez Bueno JD, Mendoza López ML, Apátiga-Castro M, López-Romero JM, Mendoza S, Manzano-Ramírez A Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 23-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10145960
doi:10.3390/ph16040482
PMID:37111239
Arbutin: Occurrence in Plants, and Its Potential as an Anticancer Agent Nahar L, Al-Groshi A, Kumar A, Sarker SD Molecules 11-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9787540
doi:10.3390/molecules27248786
PMID:36557918
Traditional knowledge of medicinal mushrooms and lichens of Yuman peoples in Northern Mexico Bautista-González JA, Montoya A, Bye R, Esqueda M, Herrera-Campos MD J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 30-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9339201
doi:10.1186/s13002-022-00550-8
PMID:35907853
Changes in the core species of the ant-plant network of oak forest converted to grassland: replacement of its ant functional groups Cuautle M, Díaz-Castelazo C, Castillo-Guevara C, Torres Lagunes CG PeerJ 13-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9288171
doi:10.7717/peerj.13679
PMID:35855899
An Interplay of Light and Smoke Compounds in Photoblastic Seeds Bączek-Kwinta R Plants (Basel) 04-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9269607
doi:10.3390/plants11131773
PMID:35807725
Mechanical Forces in Floral Development Bull–Hereñu K, dos Santos P, Toni JF, El Ottra JH, Thaowetsuwan P, Jeiter J, Ronse De Craene LP, Iwamoto A Plants (Basel) 28-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8912604
doi:10.3390/plants11050661
PMID:35270133
Breeding System and Response of the Pollinator to Floral Larceny and Florivory Define the Reproductive Success in Aerides odorata Adit A, Singh VK, Koul M, Tandon R Front Plant Sci 14-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8795787
doi:10.3389/fpls.2021.767725
PMID:35095948
Chemical Characteristics and Antioxidant Activity of Arctostaphylos uva-ursi L. Spreng. at the Southern Border of the Geographical Range of the Species in Europe Sugier P, Sęczyk Ł, Sugier D, Krawczyk R, Wójcik M, Czarnecka J, Okoń S, Plak A Molecules 20-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8707569
doi:10.3390/molecules26247692
PMID:34946773
Trophic niche overlap between coyotes and gray foxes in a temperate forest in Durango, Mexico Rodríguez-Luna CR, Servín J, Valenzuela-Galván D, List R PLoS One 01-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8635360
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0260325
PMID:34851987
Wildfire and topography drive woody plant diversity in a Sky Island mountain range in the Southwest USA Barton AM, Poulos H Ecol Evol 05-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8571633
doi:10.1002/ece3.8158
PMID:34765136
Assessment and Models of Insect Damage to Cones and Seeds of Pinus strobiformis in the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico Leal-Sáenz A, Waring KM, Álvarez-Zagoya R, Hernández-Díaz JC, López-Sánchez CA, Martínez-Guerrero JH, Wehenkel C Front Plant Sci 29-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8116514
doi:10.3389/fpls.2021.628795
PMID:33995433
Stable Isotope Ratios of Herbs and Spices Commonly Used as Herbal Infusions in the Italian Market Khatri PK, Larcher R, Camin F, Ziller L, Tonon A, Nardin T, Bontempo L ACS Omega 28-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8153971
doi:10.1021/acsomega.1c00274
PMID:34056347
Ethnobotanical biocultural diversity by rural communities in the Cuatrociénegas Valley, Coahuila; Mexico Estrada-Castillón E, Villarreal-Quintanilla JÁ, Encina-Domínguez JA, Jurado-Ybarra E, Cuéllar-Rodríguez LG, Garza-Zambrano P, Arévalo-Sierra JR, Cantú-Ayala CM, Himmelsbach W, Salinas-Rodríguez MM, Gutiérrez-Santillán TV J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 29-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC8008621
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PMID:33781298

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