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Internal ID UUID64401ab77926e862793655
Scientific name Erica trimera
Authority (Engl.) Beentje
First published in Utafiti 3: 13 (1990)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Philippia trimera Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas , C: 302 (1895)
Philippia lebrunii Staner Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 22: 243 (1932)
Philippia longifolia Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 345 (1909)
Philippia hexagona T.C.E.Fr. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 690 (1924)
Philippia neohumbertii Staner Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 23: 232 (1933)
Philippia humbertii Staner Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Ser. B liii. 160. 1933

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Japanese エリカ・トリメラ

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Erica trimera subsp. abyssinica (Pic.Serm. & Heiniger) Dorr Novon 16: 57 (2006)
Erica trimera subsp. elgonensis (Mildbr.) Beentje Utafiti 3: 13 (1990)
Erica trimera subsp. kilimanjarica (Hedberg) Beentje Fl. Trop. E. Africa , Ericac.: 15 (2006)
Erica trimera subsp. meruensis (R.Ross) Beentje Novon 16: 57 (2006)
Erica trimera subsp. jaegeri (Engl.) Beentje Fl. Trop. E. Africa , Ericac.: 14 (2006)
Erica trimera subsp. keniensis (S.Moore) Beentje Utafiti 3: 13 (1990)
Erica trimera subsp. trimera Unknown

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000673455
Tropicos 50162753
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:962361-1
The Plant List kew-2794631
Observations.org 435886
NCBI Taxonomy 709981
IPNI 962361-1
iNaturalist 637317
GBIF 7327817
Elurikkus 588992
Wikipedia Erica_trimera

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Modeling habitat suitability for the lesser‐known populations of endangered mountain nyala (Tragelaphus buxtoni) in the Arsi and Ahmar Mountains, Ethiopia Worku EA, Evangelista PH, Atickem A, Bekele A, Bro‐Jørgensen J, Stenseth NC Ecol Evol 15-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11017409
doi:10.1002/ece3.11235
PMID:38623519
Species composition, relative abundance, and habitat association of birds in Dodola dry evergreen afro-montane forest and sub-afro-alpine scrubland vegetation, southeast Ethiopia Yilma ZA, Mengesha G, Girma Z PeerJ 11-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10788088
doi:10.7717/peerj.16775
PMID:38223764
The Lichen Genus Sticta (Lobariaceae, Peltigerales) in East African Montane Ecosystems Kaasalainen U, Kirika PM, Mollel NP, Hemp A, Rikkinen J J Fungi (Basel) 12-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9961217
doi:10.3390/jof9020246
PMID:36836360
Climate implications on forest above- and belowground carbon allocation patterns along a tropical elevation gradient on Mt. Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) Sierra Cornejo N, Leuschner C, Becker JN, Hemp A, Schellenberger Costa D, Hertel D Oecologia 25-Feb-2021
PMCID:PMC7940314
doi:10.1007/s00442-021-04860-8
PMID:33630169
Diversity of Leptogium (Collemataceae, Ascomycota) in East African Montane Ecosystems Kaasalainen U, Tuovinen V, Kirika PM, Mollel NP, Hemp A, Rikkinen J Microorganisms 03-Feb-2021
PMCID:PMC7913733
doi:10.3390/microorganisms9020314
PMID:33546461
Biomass, Morphology, and Dynamics of the Fine Root System Across a 3,000-M Elevation Gradient on Mt. Kilimanjaro Sierra Cornejo N, Hertel D, Becker JN, Hemp A, Leuschner C Front Plant Sci 04-Feb-2020
PMCID:PMC7010809
doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.00013
PMID:32117363
Crustose Calicioid Lichens and Fungi in Mountain Cloud Forests of Tanzania Temu SG, Tibell S, Tibuhwa DD, Tibell L Microorganisms 26-Oct-2019
PMCID:PMC6920850
doi:10.3390/microorganisms7110491
PMID:31717781
Long-term fire resilience of the Ericaceous Belt, Bale Mountains, Ethiopia Gil-Romera G, Adolf C, Benito BM, Bittner L, Johansson MU, Grady DA, Lamb HF, Lemma B, Fekadu M, Glaser B, Mekonnen B, Sevilla-Callejo M, Zech M, Zech W, Miehe G Biol Lett 24-Jul-2019
PMCID:PMC6684977
doi:10.1098/rsbl.2019.0357
PMID:31337290
Phenolic Compounds as Unambiguous Chemical Markers for the Identification of Keystone Plant Species in the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia Lemma B, Grehl C, Zech M, Mekonnen B, Zech W, Nemomissa S, Bekele T, Glaser B Plants (Basel) 16-Jul-2019
PMCID:PMC6681346
doi:10.3390/plants8070228
PMID:31315285
The species richness pattern of vascular plants along a tropical elevational gradient and the test of elevational Rapoport's rule depend on different life‐forms and phytogeographic affinities Zhou Y, Ochola AC, Njogu AW, Boru BH, Mwachala G, Hu G, Xin H, Wang Q Ecol Evol 28-Mar-2019
PMCID:PMC6476750
doi:10.1002/ece3.5027
PMID:31031922
Genetic structuring, dispersal and taxonomy of the high-alpine populations of the Geranium arabicum/kilimandscharicum complex in tropical eastern Africa Wondimu T, Gizaw A, Tusiime FM, Masao CA, Abdi AA, Hou Y, Nemomissa S, Brochmann C PLoS One 26-May-2017
PMCID:PMC5446165
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0178208
PMID:28552970
Geographic barriers and Pleistocene climate change shaped patterns of genetic variation in the Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot Mairal M, Sanmartín I, Herrero A, Pokorny L, Vargas P, Aldasoro JJ, Alarcón M Sci Rep 11-Apr-2017
PMCID:PMC5387718
doi:10.1038/srep45749
PMID:28397796
Vertical and Horizontal Vegetation Structure across Natural and Modified Habitat Types at Mount Kilimanjaro Rutten G, Ensslin A, Hemp A, Fischer M PLoS One 25-Sep-2015
PMCID:PMC4583428
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0138822
PMID:26406985

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