Gaultheria

Gaultheria
Gaultheria shallon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Subfamily: Vaccinioideae
Tribe: Gaultherieae
Genus: Gaultheria
Kalm ex L.
Type species
Gaultheria procumbens
L.
Synonyms 
  • Amphicalyx Blume
  • Brossaea L.
  • Brossea Kuntze
  • Chiogenes Salisb. ex Torr.
  • Diplycosia Blume
  • × Gaulnettya Marchant
  • × Gaulthettya Camp nom. illeg.
  • Gautiera Raf.
  • Glyciphylla Raf.
  • Gualteria Scop.
  • Hippomanica Molina
  • Lasierpa Torr.
  • Pernettya Gaudich.
  • Pernettyopsis King & Gamble
  • Phalerocarpus G.Don
  • Shallonium Raf.
  • Tepuia Camp

Gaultheria is a genus of about 283 species of shrubs in the family Ericaceae. The name commemorates Jean François Gaultier of Quebec, an honour bestowed by the Scandinavian Pehr Kalm in 1748 and taken up by Carl Linnaeus in his Species Plantarum. These plants are native to Asia, Australasia and North and South America. In the past, the Southern Hemisphere species were often treated as the separate genus Pernettya, but no consistent reliable morphological or genetic differences support recognition of two genera, and they are now united in the single genus Gaultheria.

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