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Erica silvatica

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Ethnobotanical Use
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Internal ID UUID64401aa83402d704960482
Scientific name Erica silvatica
Authority (Welw. ex Engl.) Beentje
First published in Fl. Trop. E. Africa , Ericac.: 19 (2006)

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Blaeria breviflora Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 364 (1909)
Blaeria breviflora var. aberdarica (Alm & T.C.E.Fr.) Alm & T.C.E.Fr. Acta Hort. Berg. 8: 260 1924
Blaeria breviflora var. uluguruensis Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 364 1909
Blaeria bugonii Welw. ex Engl. Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891(2): 327 (1892)
Blaeria condensata Hochst. ex A.Rich. in A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 13.
Blaeria friesii Weim. Bot. Not. 1940: 60 (1940)
Blaeria glanduligera Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 366 (1909)
Blaeria glutinosa K.Schum. & Engl. Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891(2): 327 (1892)
Blaeria granvikii Alm & T.C.E.Fr. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 693 (1924)
Blaeria guguensis Pic.Serm. & Heiniger Webbia 9: 44 (1953)
Blaeria johnstonii Engl. Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891(2): 326 (1892)
Blaeria johnstonii subsp. keniensis (Alm & T.C.E.Fr.) Hedberg Symb. Bot. Upsal. 15(1): 149 (1957)
Blaeria keilii Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 365 (1909)
Blaeria keniensis Alm & T.C.E.Fr. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 694 (1924)
Blaeria kilimandjarica Alm & T.C.E.Fr. Acta Horti Berg. 8: 259 (1925)
Blaeria kingaensis Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 370 (1901)
Blaeria kiwuensis Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 346 (1909)
Blaeria mannii (Engl.) Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 366 (1909)
Blaeria meyeri-johannis K.Schum. & Engl. Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891(2): 326 1892
Blaeria nimbana A.Chev. Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 18: 113 (1938)
Blaeria patula (Engl.) Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 364 (1909)
Blaeria patula var. aberdarica Alm & T.C.E.Fr. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 694 1924
Blaeria patula var. tenuis Alm & T.C.E.Fr. Acta Hort. Berg. 8: 261 1924
Blaeria silvatica Welw. ex Engl. Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891(2): 326 (1892)
Blaeria sphagnicola Sleumer Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 45: 15 (1938)
Blaeria sphagnicola f. pseudobreviflora Sleumer Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 45: 16 1938
Blaeria sphagnicola f. pubescens Sleumer Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 45: 16 1938
Blaeria spicata Hochst. ex A.Rich. in A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 13.
Blaeria spicata var. mannii Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Afrika 325 1892
Blaeria spicata subsp. mannii (Engl.) Wickens Kew Bull. 27: 513 (1972)
Blaeria spicata var. patula Engl. Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891(2): 325 1892
Blaeria stolzii Alm & T.C.E.Fr. Acta Horti Berg. 8: 246 (1925)
Blaeria subverticillata Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 371 (1901)
Blaeria tenuifolia Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 365 (1909)
Blaeria tenuipilosa Engl. ex T.C.E.Fr. & Almq. Acta Horti Berg. 8: 247 (1925)
Blaeria tenuis Alm & T.C.E.Fr. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 695 (1924)
Erica tenuipilosa (Engl. ex T.C.E.Fr. & Almq.) Cheek Kew Bull. 52: 753 (1997)
Erica tenuipilosa subsp. spicata (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Cheek Kew Bull. 52: 754 (1997)
Blaeria spicata var. bambuttensis Alm & T.C.E.Fr. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 246 1924
Blaeria spicata var. fakoensis Letouzey in Fl. Cameroun 11: 196 1970
Blaeria spicata var. nimbana (A.Chev.) Letouzey in Fl. Cameroun 11: 198 1970
Blaeria mannii var. bambuttensis Almeida & Fries
Erica kiwuensis (Engl.) F.White Evergreen For. Fl. Malawi : 233 (2001)
Blaeria patula var. minima Brenan Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8: 496 (1953)

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Arabic خلنج حرجي

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Guinea
      • Ivory Coast
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000673256
Tropicos 100332225
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77062238-1
The Plant List kew-2793609
IPNI 77062238-1
GBIF 5684543
Tropicos 50295220
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77073548-1
The Plant List kew-2794441
NCBI Taxonomy 985599
IPNI 77073548-1
iNaturalist 637259
GBIF 5682817
EOL 26899708

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