Arctostaphylos manzanita subsp. elegans

Arctostaphylos manzanita subsp. elegans, also known as the Konocti manzanita, is a subspecies of the Common manzanita. It is endemic to California.[3] It was originally described at the rank of species as Arctostaphylos elegans in 1893 by Willis Linn Jepson. It was reduced to a subspecies of Arctostaphylos manzanita by Philipp Vincent Wells in 1968.[4]

Arctostaphylos manzanita subsp. elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Arctostaphylos
Species:
A. manzanita
Subspecies:
A. m. subsp. elegans
Trinomial name
Arctostaphylos manzanita subsp. elegans
(Jeps.) P.V.Wells
Synonyms
  • Arctostaphylos elegans Jeps.[1]
  • Arctostaphylos manzanita var. elegans (Jeps.) L.D.Benson
  • Arctostaphylos pungens subsp. elegans (Jeps.) Roof
  • Uva-ursi elegans (Jeps.) A. Heller[2]

References
  1. Jeps. Erythea 1(1): 15 1893
  2. (Jeps.) A. Heller Cat. N. Amer. Pl. (ed. 3) 276 1914
  3. http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=572
  4. "Arctostaphylos manzanita subsp. elegans". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
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