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Comarostaphylis

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Comarostaphylis

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Comarostaphylis is a genus of shrubs in the heath family native to the Americas from California in the United States to Panama. These are hairy, glandular shrubs to small trees with shreddy bark, often quite similar to their close relatives, the manzanitas.

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Vinony's link graph records 80 inbound references to Comarostaphylis, and connects out to Arbutus xalapensis, Ornithostaphylos oppositifolia and Xylococcus bicolor.

Vinony files it under Arbutoideae, Ericaceae genera and Taxa named by Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini.

Vinony links it to 11 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderEricales
  5. FamilyEricaceae
Observations recorded9,576

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
162
With media
126
Family
Ericaceae
Collections
FC-UNAM, CIIDIR-IPN, INECOL, IBUNAM, CAS
Recorded in
Mexico, United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Arbutoideae
Image
Comarostaphylisdiversifolia.jpg
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taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Comarostaphylis
Commons category
Comarostaphylis
topic's main category
Category:Comarostaphylis
taxon common name
summer holly
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Comarostaphylis is a genus of shrubs in the heath family native to the Americas from California in the United States to Panama. These are hairy, glandular shrubs to small trees with shreddy bark, often quite similar to their close relatives, the manzanitas.

Species: Comarostaphylis arbutoides Comarostaphylis discolor Comarostaphylis diversifolia Comarostaphylis glaucescens Comarostaphylis lanata Comarostaphylis longifolia Comarostaphylis mucronata Comarostaphylis polifolia Comarostaphylis sharpii Comarostaphylis spinulosa

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