# Arctous

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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|image =Arctous alpina var. japonica (flower s2).JPG
|image_caption =''Arctous alpina'' var. ''japonica''
|taxon = Arctous
|authority = [Nied.](/source/Nied.) (1889)
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'''''Arctous''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s referred to by the common name "[bearberry](/source/bearberry)",<ref>{{Go Botany|genus=Arctous |species=alpina |common=alpine-bearberry |access-date=21 May 2017}}</ref> a name sometimes shared with certain species of the related genus ''[Arctostaphylos](/source/Arctostaphylos)'', in particular, ''[A. uva-ursi](/source/Arctostaphylos_uva-ursi)''. Although the two genera are related, certain characters, such as deciduous, [marcescent](/source/marcescent) leaves, rugose-reticulate [venation](/source/venation_(botany)), and finely-toothed leaves are more typical of ''Arctous'' than ''Arctostaphylos''.

Three species are accepted.<ref>{{cite web|title=''Arctous'' Nied.|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30040515-2|website=[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)|accessdate=21 August 2024|language=en}}</ref>

*''[Arctous alpina](/source/Arctous_alpina)'' {{small|(L.) Nied.}}
*''[Arctous microphylla](/source/Arctous_microphylla)'' {{small|C.Y.Wu}}
*''[Arctous rubra](/source/Arctous_rubra)'' {{small|(Rehder & E.H.Wilson) Nakai}}

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Category:Arbutoideae
Category:Ericaceae genera
Category:Flora of the Holarctic realm
Category:Taxa described in 1889

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