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Erica exsurgens

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Name

Identification
Erica exsurgens Andrews [family ERICACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Erica pinifolia
  • Erica exsurgens
  • Erica pharetraeformis

Flora

Entry for ERICA exsurgens Andr. [family ERICACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 4, page 2, (1909) Author: By H. BOLUS, F. GUTHRIE, and N. E. BROWN.
Names
ERICA exsurgens Andr. [family ERICACEAE], Col. Heaths, t. 22;—Andr. Heathery, t. 20; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 835; Benth. in DC. Prodr. vii. 627; var. minor, Andr. l.c. t. 21, and var. longifolia, Andr. l.c. t. 215.
ERICA grandiflora Wendl. var. brevifolia [family ERICACEAE], Eric. Ic. fasc. 7, 7.
ERICA pharetræformis Salisb. [family ERICACEAE], Prodr. 295, and in Trans. Linn. Soc. vi. 361.
ERICA acutiflora Tausch [family ERICACEAE], in Flora, 1839, 626.
Information
characters of E. grandiflora, except: size somewhat smaller, habit sometimes more diffuse; sepals longer (5 lin.) and more acuminate; corolla dry, more uniformly widening upwards, with larger lanceolate more acute and more spreading segments; stamens less exserted. null
Distribution
COAST REGION ascending from the Flats to 3000 ft.: Tulbagh Div.; Tulbagh, Pappe! Worcester Div.; near Bains Kloof, Bolus, 4054! Schlechter, 9197! Dutoits Kloof, Bolus, 5295! Paarl Div.; French Hoek, Niven, 195! Miss Fair in Herb. Bolus, 6321! Stellenbosch Div., Burchell, 8340! 8370! Drège! Bolus and MacOwan Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 10! 11! Schlechter, 7808! Caledon Div.; near Caledon, MacOwan, Herb. Aust.-Afr., 1717! Also cultivated specimens! Var. β: Riversdale Div.; Platte Kloof, Tygerberg, without collector's name, in Cape Govt. Herb.
Notes
Very near the preceding, of which it ought perhaps to be regarded as a variety.

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