Arbutus × andrachnoides

Arbutus × andrachnoides
	An unusually large specimen at Jardin des plantes de Nantes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Arbutus
Species:	A. × andrachnoides
Binomial name
	Arbutus × andrachnoides; Link
Synonyms
	Arbutus × hybrida Ker Gawl.;

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]

Gallery

Different parts of Arbutus × andrachnoides
Leaves
Bark

References

^ 1821. Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Regii Berolinensis Altera. Berolini [Berlin] 1: 395.
^ "Arbutus × andrachnoides". RHS. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
^ ^a ^b 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.

[1] 1821. Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Regii Berolinensis Altera. Berolini [Berlin] 1: 395.

[RHSPF-2] "Arbutus × andrachnoides". RHS. Retrieved 13 September 2019.

[Filippi2007-3] 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.

[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.

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