Erica arborea

Erica arborea, Acevino, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Erica arborea, Gorges du Prunelli, Corse-du-Sud, France

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, 2nd 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, Turkey-in-Europe 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, 2nd 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. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Erica arborea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Apr 2020. Reference page.
• 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

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