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July 2018

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genus

Erica L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. 1: 352 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000013772.

Synonyms of Erica

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Salaxis Salisb. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 6: 317. 1802. (May 1802) wfo-4000033827

Species in Erica ( showing species 1 to 10 of 868)

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Erica abbottii E.G.H.Oliv. Bothalia 21: 137 (1991) wfo-0000671280
Erica abelii E.G.H.Oliv. S. African J. Bot. 3: 268 (1984) wfo-0000671281
Erica abietina L. Sp. Pl. : 355 (1753) wfo-0000671282
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Erica coccinea P.J.Bergius Descr. Pl. Cap. wfo-0000671695
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Erica sanguinea Lodd. Bot. Cab. wfo-0000673178
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Erica spissifolia Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton wfo-0000673298
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Ericoides abietinum (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. wfo-0000673714
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Erica abietina var. abietina wfo-0001047246
Erica accommodata Klotzsch ex Benth. Prodr. 7: 620 (1839) wfo-0000671294
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Erica accommodata var. ebracteata Bolus Fl. Cap. wfo-0000739796
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Erica accommodata var. accommodata wfo-0001047248
Erica acuta Andrews Col. Engr. Heaths , ed. 2, 1: t. 1 (1845) wfo-0000671300
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Erica crossota Spreng. Syst. Veg. wfo-0000671785
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Erica scariosa Lodd. Bot. Cab. wfo-0000673200
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Ericoides acutum (Andrews) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. wfo-0000673716
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Eurylepis crossata G.Don Gen. Hist. wfo-0000683370
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Erica acuta var. acuta wfo-0001047249
Erica adaequata Tausch Flora 22(2): 634 (1839) wfo-0000671305
Erica adnata L.Bolus Ann. Bolus Herb. 4: 132 (1928) wfo-0000671310
Erica adunca Benth. Prodr. 7: 618 (1839) wfo-0000671312
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Ericoides aduncum (Benth.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. wfo-0000673719
Erica aemula Guthrie & Bolus Fl. Cap. 4(1): 118 (1905) wfo-0000671313
Erica aestiva Markötter Ann. Univ. Stellenbosch, Reeks A, Wis.- Naturk 8(1): 33 (1930) wfo-0000671315
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Erica aestiva var. aestiva wfo-0001047250

Unplaced Names ( showing unplaced names 1 to 0 of 0)

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Erica:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Erica abrotanoides Burm.f. Fl. Indica wfo-0000671289
Erica absinthoides E.Mey. ex Klotzsch Linnaea wfo-0000671293
Erica adenostoma Kunze Linnaea wfo-0000671308
Erica afroeuropaea D.C.McClint. New Plantsman wfo-0000671317
Erica aggregata Roxb. ex Salisb. Trans. Linn. Soc. London wfo-0000671319
Erica angustata Bartl. Linnaea wfo-0000671375
Erica aphanes Spreng. Syst. Veg. wfo-0000671383
Erica appressa Spreng. Syst. Veg. wfo-0000671385
Erica archeria Andrews Col. Engr. Heaths wfo-0000671400
Erica arendsiana E.C.Nelson Heathers wfo-0000507223