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Internal ID UUID64401a44c3035243727326
Scientific name Erica coccinea
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 355 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Ectasis petiveri (L.) D.Don Edinburgh New Philos. J. 17: 156 (1834)
Ectasis sebana (Donn ex Willd.) D.Don Edinburgh New Philos. J. 17: 156 (1834)
Ectasis socciflora (Salisb.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 827 (1834)
Erica baculiflora Salisb. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 6: 346 (1802)
Erica cothurnalis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 297 (1796)
Erica demissa J.Forbes Hort. Eric. Woburn. 8 1825
Erica flava Waitz Beschr. Gatt. Art. Heid. : 198 (1805)
Erica frondosa Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 296 (1796)
Erica ostrina Lodd. Bot. Cab. 13(2): t. 1218. 1827 [Jun 1827]
Erica petiveri L. Mant. Pl. 2: 235 (1771)
Erica petiveri var. pubescens Bolus Fl. Cap. 4(1): 47 1905
Erica petiveriana Andrews Col. Engr. Heaths 1: 44 (1802)
Erica plukenetii P.J.Bergius Descr. Pl. Cap. 91. 1767
Erica pulvinitormis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 295 (1796)
Erica sebana Donn ex Willd. Hort. Cantab. 45; ex Willd. Sp. Pl. ii. 395.
Ericoides coccineum (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 966 (1891)
Ericoides melastomum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 967 (1891)
Ericoides petiveri Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 965 (1891)
Erica socciflora Salisb. Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 6:347. (1802)
Erica glandulosa J.C.Wendl. Eric. Icon. Descr. 2(13): 5 (1804)
Erica petiveri Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 2(1): 394. 1799 [Mar 1799]
Erica sebana Donn. Hort. Cantab. 45 (1796)

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Arabic خلنج قرمزي

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Erica coccinea subsp. coccinea
Erica coccinea subsp. uniflora E.G.H.Oliv. & I.M.Oliv. Bothalia 32: 39 (2002)

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000671694
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328435-1
The Plant List kew-2792934
NCBI Taxonomy 270433
IPNI 328435-1
iNaturalist 527424
GBIF 7327814
EPPO EIACC
USDA GRIN 467939
IPNI 329340-1
GBIF 5683613
Wikipedia Erica_coccinea

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