Genus: Epigaea

Epigaea repens L
Epigaea repens L.

Trailing Arbutus

Photo © Peter Nelson, 1976, taken in Conway, Mass.

By Steven Clemants

Not peer reviewed

Last Modified 02/01/2013

Nomenclature

Epigaea L., Sp. Pl. 1: 395. 1753. Gen. Pl., ed. 5, 186. 1754. TYPE: Epigaea repens L.

Key to the species of Epigaea

List of Epigaea Species

Epigaea repens

References to Epigaea

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  • Andrews, M. F. 1927 . The embryo-sac and pollen of Epigaea repens. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 44: 264-6.
  • Anonymous 1870 . Epigaea repens. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 7.
  • Arland, F. L. 1945 . Growing the trailing arbutus. J. New York Bot. Gard. 46: 102-9.
  • Barrows, F. L. 1936 . Propagation of Epigaea repens L. I. Cuttings and seeds. Contr. Boyce Thompson Inst. Pl. Res. 8: 81-97.
  • Barrows, F. L. 1941 . Propagation of Epigaea repens L. II. The endophytic fungus. Contr. Boyce Thompson Inst. Pl. Res. 11: 431-40.
  • Barrows, F. L. 1941 . Seed production in trailing arbutus. Wild Flower (no pages given)
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  • Blum, B. M.; Krochmal, A. 1992 . Epigaea repens L. In: Seeds of Woody Plants in North America. revised and enlarged ed. Dioscorides Press, Portland, OR. , 407 pages.
  • Burnham, S. H. 1904 . Notes on Epigaea repens L. Torreya 4: 25.
  • Clay, K. 1983 . Myrmecochory in the trailing arbutus (Epigaea repens L.). Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 110: 166-9.
  • Clay, K.; Ellstrand, N. C. 1981 . Stylar polymorphism in Epigaea repens, a dioecious species. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 108: 305-10.
  • Councilman, W. T. 1923 . The root system of Epigaea repens and its relation to the fungi of the humus. Proc. Nat. Acad. U.S.A. 9: 279-85.
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  • Langdon, F. E. 1894 . A study of Epigaea repens. Asa Gray Bull. 2: 1-3.
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  • Wherry, Edgar T. 1920 . Observations on the soil acidity of Ericaceae and associated plants in the Middle Atlantic states. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 72: 84-111.
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  • Wilson, K. E. 1890 . Double flowers of the Epigaea repens. Bot. Gaz. 15: 19-20.
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