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	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi  (L.) SPRENG.

Fam.: Ericaceae / Heather Fam.

Genus:  Arctostaphylos  ADANS.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	SPRENG.:		Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel (1766 - 1833), German physician and botanist at Halle
	ADANS.:		Michel Adanson (1727 - 1806), French botanist of Scottish descent

Etymology:
	Arctostaphylos:		arktos = bear, staphyle = grape
	uva-ursi:		Bear's-Berry

Fig. 1:  Arctostaphylos uva-ursi / Bearberry S Muddus National-Park 17.6.1995

Fig. 2:  Arctostaphylos uva-ursi / Bearberry Croatia, Velebit Zavizan 4.6.2008

Fig. 3:  Arctostaphylos uva-ursi / Bearberry Croatia, Velebit Zavizan 4.6.2008

Fig. 4:  Arctostaphylos uva-ursi / Bearberry Croatia, Velebit Zavizan 4.6.2008

Fig. 5:  Arctostaphylos uva-ursi / Bearberry Croatia, Velebit Zavizan 4.6.2008

Fig. 6:  Arctostaphylos uva-ursi / Bearberry E Pyrenees, Jaca 21.8.2011

Fig. 7:  Arctostaphylos uva-ursi / Bearberry E Pyrenees, Jaca 21.8.2011

Fig. 8:  Arctostaphylos uva-ursi / Bearberry F Le Rozier (Tarn) 28.5.2009

Fig. 9:  Arctostaphylos uva-ursi / Bearberry F Le Rozier (Tarn) 28.5.2009

Fig. 10:  Arctostaphylos uva-ursi / Bearberry F Modane 6.10.2021

Fig. 11:  Arctostaphylos uva-ursi / Bearberry F Modane 6.10.2021

Fig. 12:  Arctostaphylos uva-ursi / Bearberry F Modane 6.10.2021

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