Erica arborea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Ericaceae
Subfamilia: Ericoideae
Tribus: Ericeae
Genus: Erica
Subgenus: E. subg. Erica
Sectio: E. sect. Arsace
Species: Erica arborea

Name

Erica arborea L., Sp. Pl.: 353 (1753).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Arsace arborea (L.) Fourr., Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 17: 113 (1869).
- Ericoides arboreum (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 966 (1891).
Heterotypic
- Erica scoparia Thunb., Erica: 48 (1785).
- Erica stylosa Rudolph, J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 229 (1801).
- Erica procera Salisb., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 6: 328 (1802).
- Erica elata Hoffmanns. & Link, Fl. Portug. 1: 411 (1813).
- Erica acrophya Fresen., Flora 21: 604 (1838).
- Erica arborea var. grandiflora Texidor, Revista Progr. Ci. Exact. 18(8–9): 50 (1869).
- Erica arborea var. rupestris Chabert, Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 29, Sess. extr. : LIV (1882).
- Erica arctata Hort., Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 605, (1895), pro syn.
- Erica arborea var. alpina Dieck, Moor-Alpenpfl.: 34–35 (1902).
- Erica arborea var. perdurantifolia Sennen, Pl. Espagne 1927 no. 6301 (1928).
- Erica riojana Sennen & Elías, Bol. Soc. Ibér. Ci. Nat. 28: 177 (1929 publ. 1930).
  - Erica arborea subsp. riojana (Sennen & Elías) Romo, Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 12: 155 (1981).
- Erica arborea var. mauritanica Sennen & Mauricio, Cat. Fl. Rif Orient. 76 (1933, nom. nud.
- Erica lazaroana Rivas Goday & Bellot, Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 6(2): 152 (1946).
- Erica arborea subsp. parviflora Spirlet, Bull. Seances Acad. Roy. Outre-Mer new ser. 3: 1130 (1957).

Homonyms

Erica arborea Brot. = Erica lusitanica subsp. lusitanica
Erica arborea Thunb. = Erica strigosa

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Great Britain (introduced).
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia (Sicily), Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia (Croatia, Bosnia-Hercegovina).
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Madeira (Madeira), Canary Islands (Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, Hierro, La Palma)
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Rwanda, Zaire.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Caucasus
  - Transcaucasus (Gruziya).
- Regional: Western Asia
  - East Aegean Islands, Turkey.
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Saudi Arabia, Yemen.
Continental: Australasia (introduced)
- Regional: Australia
  - Tasmania.
- Regional: New Zealand
  - New Zealand North, New Zealand South.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- - Albania, Baleares, Bulgaria, Corsica, France, Greece (incl. Kiklades), Crete, East Aegaean Isl., Spain, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily, European Turkey
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Georgia [Caucasus] (Adzharia), Turkey (N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia)
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Saudi Arabia (Asir), Yemen (N-Inner Yemen, W-Yemen)
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northen Africa
  - Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, C-Saharan Mts., Chad (Tibesti)
- Regional: Eastern Africa
  - Sudan, Eritrea, Somalia
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Madeira (Madeira), Canary Isl. (Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, Hierro, La Palma Isl.)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 353. Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2020. Erica arborea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr 28. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Erica arborea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr 28. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Erica arborea. Published online. Accessed: Apr 28 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Erica arborea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Apr 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Erica arborea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Erica arborea in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Oct 14.
Tela Botanica (ed.) 2000 onwards: Tela Botanica. Le réseau de la botanique francophone. eFlore. Erica arborea. Association Tela Botanica, Montpellier, France. Accessed: 2022 Oct 14.
Castroviejo, S. et al. (eds.) 2022. Erica arborea in Flora Ibérica. Plantas vasculares de la Península Ibérica, e Islas Baleares. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Oct 14. Reference page.
African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). 14 Oct. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2022.

Vernacular names

مصرى: خلنج شجرى
العربية: خلنج شجري
català: Bruc boal
corsu: Scopa
čeština: Vřesovec stromovitý
Cymraeg: Grugwydden
dansk: Trælyng
Deutsch: Baum-Heide
English: Tree Heath
Esperanto: Vepreja eriko
español: Brezo arbóreo
eesti: Puis-eerika
euskara: Txilar zuri
suomi: Puukellokanerva
français: Bruyère arborescente
galego: Uz branca
magyar: Cserjés hanga
italiano: Radica
日本語: エイジュ
Taqbaylit: Axlenǧ
Ligure: Brügastro
lombard: Brügh
македонски: Дрвенест врес
Nedersaksies: Boomheed
Nederlands: Boomhei
norsk: Trelyng
occitan: Bruga blanca
polski: Wrzosiec drzewiasty
português: Urze-molar, torgo
русский: Эрика древовидная
sicilianu: Ràdica
sardu: Tuvàra
svenska: Trädljung
Türkçe: Ağaç fundası
українська: Еріка деревовидна
中文: 白歐石楠