Phyllodoce
Genus in the Global Pollen Project's Master Reference Collection
Distribution
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Mountainheath
Phyllodoce /ˌfɪləˈdoʊsiː/ is a small genus of plants in the heather family, Ericaceae. They are known commonly as mountainheaths,[1] mountain heaths, or mountain heathers.[2] They are native to North America and Eurasia,[3] where they have a circumboreal distribution.[4] Plants of this genus are subshrubs that occur in arctic-alpine regions.[5] They often grow from rhizomes, the stem bases for... © Wikipedia authors and editors (licence)
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- Parent Taxon
- Ericaceae
- Species
- Taxonomic Completion
12.50%
1 of 8 accepted Species- Global Pollen Project UUID
- 6d35ee4b-5919-4ab5-8c43-12703f296a58
- Botanical Reference
- None available. You can check The Plant List for further information.
Connected data sources
This taxon is currently linked to the following locations.
The Plant ListGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility