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Internal ID UUID64401a3dc7567041452311
Scientific name Erica caffra
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. 1: 353. 1753 [1 May 1753]

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Lamprotis flagellaris (Link) G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 811 (1834)
Ceramia auricularis G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 806 (1834)
Ceramia urceolaris D.Don Edinburgh New Philos. J. 17: 153 (1834)
Erica auricularis Salisb. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 6: 327 (1802)
Erica lamellaris Salisb. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 6: 327 (1802)
Erica pentaphylla L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2 : 506 (1762)
Erica urceolaris P.J.Bergius Descr. Pl. Cap. : 107 (1767)
Ericoides caffrum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 965 (1891)
Erica caffra L.
Ericoides caffrum (L.) Kuntze

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Language Common/alternative name
English water heath
Afrikaans waterheide
Afrikaans waterboomheide
Arabic خلنج جنوب أفريقي

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Erica afra var. afra Unknown
Erica afra var. auricularis (Salisb.) Bolus Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 4(1): 137 1905

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000671586
Tropicos 12301179
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328346-1
The Plant List kew-2792822
NCBI Taxonomy 985323
IUCN Red List 143722238
IPNI 328347-1
iNaturalist 401733
GBIF 5682534
EPPO EIACF
EOL 6947832
Wikipedia Erica_afra
IPNI 328346-1

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