Erica carnea

Erica carnea

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. Ectasis
Sectio: E. sect. Callicodon
Species: Erica carnea

Name

Erica carnea L. (1753), nom. cons.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Gypsocallis purpurascens (L.) D.Don, Edinburgh New Philos. J. 17: 153. 1834.

• Heterotypic
  • Erica bracteata Moench, Meth. : 50. 1794, nom. illeg. non Thunb. (1785).
  • Erica herbacea L., Sp. Pl. 1: 352. 1753, nom. rej.
  • Erica herbacea f. alba (André) D.C.McClint.
  • Erica lugubris Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 295. 1796.
  • Erica mediterranea L., Mant. Pl. 2: 229. 1771.
  • Erica mediterranea Rchb. ex Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur. 489 1879, nom. illeg. non L. (1771).
  • Erica purpurascens L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 503. 1762.
  • Erica saxatilis Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 295. 1796.
  • Ericoides herbaceum (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 963. 1891.
  • Gypsocallis mediterranea (L.) D.Don, Edinburgh New Philos. J. 17: 153. 1834.
  • Gypsocallis purpurascens (L.) D.Don, Edinburgh New Philos. J. 17: 153. 1834.

Hybrids

• Erica × darleyensis Bean
• Erica × krameri D.C.McClint.
• Erica × oldenburgensis D.C.McClint.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Albania, Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Macedonia, Serbia & Kosovo, ?Montenegro, ?Romania, Greece References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 355.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2020. Erica carnea. 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 29. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Erica carnea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Erica carnea. Published online. Accessed: Apr 29 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Erica carnea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Apr 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Erica carnea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Schneeheide, Winterheide, Frühlingsheidekraut
English: Winter Heath, Winter Flowering Heather, Spring Heath
español: Brezo de Invierno, Brezo de Floración Invernal, Brezo de Primavera
eesti: Punane eerika
suomi: Lumikellokanerva
français: Bruyère des Alpes, Bruyère des Neiges
magyar: Alpesi hanga, havasi hanga
italiano: Erica Carnicina
polski: Wrzosiec Krwisty
српски / srpski: Црњуша / Crnjuša, Ерика / Erika

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