View source for Empetrum atropurpureum

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|accepted_name=Empetrum atropurpureum
|accepted_authority=Fernald & Wiegand
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Rhodora
|place=15: 214. 1913,
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Empetrum eamesii subsp. atropurpureum
|authority=(Fernald & Wiegand) D. Löve
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|name=Empetrum nigrum var. atropurpureum
|authority=(Fernald & Wiegand) B. Boivin
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|name=Empetrum rubrum var. atropurpureum
|authority=(Fernald & Wiegand) R. D. Good
}}
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae;Empetrum;Empetrum atropurpureum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ericaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Empetrum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Empetrum atropurpureum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 487, 489
|treatment_page=page 488
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Branches </b>green, brown, or reddish, distally white-tomentose, eglandular. <b>Leaves</b> ascending, becoming divergent; blade 4–7 mm. <b>Flowers</b> usually bisexual (plants synoecious), sometimes unisexual (plants polygamous); sepals greenish pink, becoming reddish purple. <b>Drupes</b> reddish purple or purple, opaque, 5–9 mm diam. <b>Seeds</b> light brown, 2–2.5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 52.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Sand dunes, sandy terraces, exposed mountain slopes near treeline
|elevation=0-1500 m
|distribution=Nfld. and Labr.;N.S.;P.E.I.;Que.;Maine;N.H.;N.Y.;Vt.
|discussion=<p><i>Empetrum atropurpureum</i> has been found with <i>E. nigrum</i>, which tends to replace <i>E. atropurpureum</i> at higher elevations (P. Zika, pers. comm.). Following J. H. Soper and E. G. Voss (1964), we do not extend the range of <i>E. atropurpureum</i> into the Great Lakes region as done by D. Löve (1960).</p><!--
--><p>Notwithstanding the conclusions of D. Löve (1960), the name <i>Empetrum</i> purpureum Rafinesque has not been formally rejected; perhaps it should be. It has not been used by authors in almost 75 years, most likely because the name <i>E. purpureum</i> cannot be directly typified by a specimen, presumably from Labrador, connected to Rafinesque, thus we are not certain to which plants the name should apply. Interestingly, M. L. Fernald and K. M. Wiegand (1913) reasoned that the purple-fruited plant from Labrador did not belong with <i>E. atropurpureum</i> but with <i>E. nigrum</i>.</p>
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name=Empetrum atropurpureum
|author=
|authority=Fernald & Wiegand
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Empetrum eamesii subsp. atropurpureum;Empetrum nigrum var. atropurpureum;Empetrum rubrum var. atropurpureum
|basionyms=
|family=Ericaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Sand dunes, sandy terraces, exposed mountain slopes near treeline
|elevation=0-1500 m
|distribution=Nfld. and Labr.;N.S.;P.E.I.;Que.;Maine;N.H.;N.Y.;Vt.
|reference=None
|publication title=Rhodora
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_954.xml
|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae
|genus=Empetrum
|species=Empetrum atropurpureum
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