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Internal ID UUID64401a43a5e2e657223528
Scientific name Erica ciliaris
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 354 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Erica ciliata Bubani Fl. Pyren. 2: 10 (1899)
Ericoides ciliare (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 966 1891
Erica maweana Backh. ex Cout. Fl. Portugal 463 1913
Erica ciliaris var. alba André Plantes de terre de Bruyère: 259 (1864)
Ericodes ciliare (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 966 (1891)
Erica ciliaris subvar. rosea Neyraut Bulletin de la Société botanique de France 47: 326-330* (1900).
Erica ciliaris var. genuina Neyraut Bulletin de la Société botanique de France 47: 326-330* (1900)

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Language Common/alternative name
English dorset heath
Arabic خلنج هدبي
Bulgarian ресничест пирен
Welsh grug dorset
Basque txilar iletsu
French bruyère ciliée
Galician carroucha veluda
Cornish grug an krestir
Russian Эрика реснитчатая
Ukrainian Еріка війчаста

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  • Europe
    • Northern Europe
      • Great Britain
      • Ireland
    • Southwestern Europe
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Spain

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000671673
Tropicos 12300020
INPN 96665
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328419-1
The Plant List kew-2792913
Observations.org 117523
NCBI Taxonomy 643570
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000003907
IPNI 328419-1
iNaturalist 118551
GBIF 5682320
Freebase /m/09k7q21
EPPO EIACI
EOL 6947897
USDA GRIN 15450
Wikipedia Erica_ciliaris

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_965212355.2 ddEriCili1.hap1.2 Chromosome WELLCOME SANGER INSTITUTE 2025-10-15 97 418.28 Mb

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