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Internal ID UUID64401a420211c080180225
Scientific name Erica cerinthoides
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. ed. 2 : 505 (1762)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Erica crinifolia Salisb. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 6: 367 (1802)
Ericoides cerinthodes (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 965 (1891)

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Language Common/alternative name
English fire heath
English red hairy heath
Afrikaans rooihaartjie
Afrikaans klipheide

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Name Authority First published in
Erica cerinthoides var. barbertona (Galpin) Bolus Fl. Cap. 4(1): 88. 1905 (1905)
Erica cerinthoides var. cerinthoides Unknown

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  • Africa
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Lesotho
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000671650
Tropicos 12301219
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328400-1
The Plant List kew-2792890
NCBI Taxonomy 985330
IPNI 328400-1
iNaturalist 320082
GBIF 5682396
Freebase /m/0czf5nk
EPPO EIACE
USDA GRIN 15449
Wikipedia Erica_cerinthoides

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Floral Color, Anthocyanin Synthesis Gene Expression and Control in Cape Erica Species Le Maitre NC, Pirie MD, Bellstedt DU Front Plant Sci 28-Nov-2019
PMCID:PMC6892755
doi:10.3389/fpls.2019.01565
PMID:31850039

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