View source for Ericaceae subfam. Arbutoideae

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|accepted_name=Ericaceae subfam. Arbutoideae
|accepted_authority=Niedenzu
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Niedenzu, Bot. Jahrb. Syst.
|place=11: 135. 1889
|year=1889
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Undefined tribe Arbuteae
|authority=Meisner
}}
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Arbutoideae
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ericaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Ericaceae subfam. Arbutoideae]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 370, 373, 407
|treatment_page=page 397
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, multicellular hairs present or, sometimes, absent (<i>Comarostaphylis</i>); bark smooth, not furrowed, often flaky, sometimes shredding. <b>Stems</b> erect or prostrate. <b>Leaves</b> persistent (deciduous in <i>Arctous</i>), usually alternate, sometimes opposite or whorled (<i>Ornithostaphylos</i>), rarely opposite (<i>Xylococcus</i>); petiole usually present, sometimes absent (<i>Arctostaphylos</i>); blade plane, abaxial groove absent. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, panicles or racemes; perulae absent; bracts much shorter than sepals; bracteoles 2 or absent (<i>Arctostaphylos</i>, <i>Arctous</i>). <b>Flowers</b> pendulous; sepals (4-)5; petals (4-)5, connate, corolla deciduous, usually urceolate, sometimes cylindric, conic, or globose, lobes much shorter than tube; intrastaminal nectary disc present; stamens (8-)10; anthers dehiscent by slits or pores; ovary 2-10-locular; placentation axile; style straight. <b>Fruits</b> drupaceous (baccate in <i>Arbutus</i>), (pulp mealy or juicy), indehiscent; pyrenes 1-5, often connate into stonelike endocarp. <b>Seeds</b> 1-10, usually distinct, sometimes connate, globose (sometimes 3-sided), not winged.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;Mexico;Central America;Europe;n Africa;n Atlantic Islands (Canary Islands);most species endemic to western North America.
|discussion=<p>Genera 6, species 91 or 92 (6 genera, 70 species in the flora).</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=hileman2001a
|text=Hileman, L. C., M. C. Vasey, and V. T. Parker. 2001. Phylogeny and biogeography of the Arbutoideae (Ericaceae): Implications for the Madrean-Tethyan hypothesis. Syst. Bot. 26: 131–143.
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name=Ericaceae subfam. Arbutoideae
|author=Gordon C. Tucker
|authority=Niedenzu
|rank=subfamily
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=Undefined tribe Arbuteae
|basionyms=
|family=Ericaceae
|distribution=North America;Mexico;Central America;Europe;n Africa;n Atlantic Islands (Canary Islands);most species endemic to western North America.
|reference=hileman2001a
|publication title=Niedenzu, Bot. Jahrb. Syst.
|publication year=1889
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_1049.xml
|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Arbutoideae
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