Arbutus × andrachnoides

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Ericaceae
Subfamilia: Arbutoideae
Genus: Arbutus
Nothospecies: Arbutus × andrachnoides
Name

Arbutus × andrachnoides Link (1821)

Formula hybridae: Arbutus andrachne L. × Arbutus unedo L. . Frequent wherever the parent species grow together

Synonyms

Arbutus hybrida Ker-Gawl.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
Regional: Southeastern Europe
Croatia, Greece (incl. Kiklades), Crete, East Aegaean Isl., Rhodos
Continental: Asia
Regional: Western Asia
Turkey (SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Link, J.H.F. 1821. Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Regii Berolinensis Altera. Berolini [Berlin] 1: 395.

Links

Hassler, M. 2020. Arbutus andrachnoides. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr 18. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Arbutus × andrachnoides in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Arbutus × andrachnoides. Published online. Accessed: Apr 18 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Arbutus × andrachnoides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Apr 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Arbutus × andrachnoides in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names
magyar: Platánkérgű szamócafa

Arbutus × andrachnoides, the hybrid strawberry-tree, is the result of a cross between Arbutus andrachne (eastern strawberry-tree) and Arbutus unedo (Irish strawberry tree). It is a naturally occurring hybrid, but hybrid cultivars have also been created. It has gained the RHS's Award of Garden Merit.[2]

Young specimens of A. × andrachnoides possess the dark bark of A. unedo, but older trees have exfoliations revealing an orangish bark.[3]

The first parental species, A. andrachne, also hybridized with A. canariensis to yield another hybrid, Arbutus × thuretiana Demoly, nothosp. nov..[3]
Description

It is impossible to distinguish Arbutus × andrachnoides individuals from the parent species using traditional botanical methods since they display a complete spectrum of parental traits. DNA testing and statistical methods centered on characterizing the intermediacy of the individual must be used instead.[4]

References

1821. Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Regii Berolinensis Altera. Berolini [Berlin] 1: 395.
"Arbutus × andrachnoides". RHS. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
Filippi, Olivier (2007). Pour un jardin sans arrosage (For a garden without irrigation) (in French). Arles: Actes Sud. p. 80. ISBN 978-2-7427-6730-4.
Bertsouklis, Konstantinos F.; Papafotiou, Maria (14 December 2016). "Morphometric and Molecular Analysis of the Three Arbutus Species of Greece". Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca. 44 (2): 423–430. doi:10.15835/nbha44210572. Retrieved 13 September 2019.