Erica verticillata

Erica verticillata

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
Species: Erica verticillata

Name

Erica verticillata P.J.Bergius, Descr. Pl. Cap. 99 (1767).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Ericoides verticillatum (P.J.Bergius) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 965 (1891).
• Heterotypic
  • Erica paludosa Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 293 (1796).
  • Erica verecunda G.Lodd., Bot. Cab. 19: t. 1827 (1832), nom. illeg. non Salisb.
    • Callista verecunda G.Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 815 (1834).
  • Erica concinna Soland. in W.Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2: 23 (1789).
    • Syringodea concinna (Aiton) G.Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 823 (1834).
  • Erica abietina Andrews ex G.Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 823 (1834), nom. inval. pro syn.
  • Erica metuliflora Klotzsch, Linnaea 12: 502 (1838).
  • Erica meuronii Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 7: 636 (1839).
    • Ericoides meuronii (Benth.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 967 (1891).
  • Erica roxburghii Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 7: 682 (1839).
    • Ericoides roxburghii (Benth.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 967 (1891).
  • Erica lychnoidea Hort., Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 600 (1895), nom. inval., pro syn.

Homonyms

• Erica verticillata Andr. = Erica mammosa L.
• Erica verticillata Forssk. = Erica manipuliflora Salisb.
  • with the following synonyms erroneously assigned to Erica verticillata in POWO
  • Erica cretica Tausch, Flora 17(2): 604 (1834).
  • Erica mediterranea Sieber ex Tausch, Flora 17(2): 604 (1834).
  • Erica multiflora Decne., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 4: 353 (1835).
  • Gypsocallis manipuliflora (Salisb.) D.Don, Edinburgh New Philos. J. 17: 153 (1834).
  • Erica vaga Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 7: 667 (1839).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces (Western Cape). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Bergius, P.J. 1767. Descriptiones plantarum ex Capite Bonae Spei, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, et synonymis auctorum justis. [1]-362. Stockholmia. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2020. Erica verticillata. 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 May 05. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Erica verticillata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 May 05. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Erica verticillata. Published online. Accessed: May 05 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Erica verticillata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 May 2020.

Vernacular names

English: whorled heath

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