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Erica eylesii

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Identification
Erica eylesii Alm & T.C.E.Fr. [family ERICACEAE ] Verified by Alm, C.G.; Freis Th.C.E., Erica eylesii L.Bolus [family ERICACEAE ] Erica pleiotricha S.Moore [family ERICACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Ross, R., Erica pleiotricha Bolus & S.Moore [family ERICACEAE ]
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  • Erica eylesii
  • Erica pleiotricha

Flora

Entry for Erica pleiotricha var. blaeriodes H. Wild R. Ross [family ERICACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 7, Part 1, page 157, (1983) Author: R. Ross
Names
Erica pleiotricha var. blaeriodes H. Wild R. Ross [family ERICACEAE], in Bol. Soc. Brot., Sér. 2, 53: 140 (1981). Type: Mozambique, Manica, Chimanimani Mts., 2000 m., fl. 6.vi.1949, Munch 206 (K; LISC; SRGH, holotype).
Erica thryptomenoides S. Moore [family ERICACEAE], in J. Linn. Soc. Lond., Bot. 40: 126 (1911). — Alm & Fries in Ark. Bot. 21A: (7): 8 (1927). Type: Zimbabwe, Chimanimani Mts., 2100 m., fl. 26.ix.1906, Swynnerton 647 (BM, holotype; K).
Erica eylesii L. Bolus [family ERICACEAE], in Ann. Bolus Herb. 3: 174, pl. 9D (1924). — Type: Zimbabwe, Melsetter, 1525 m., fl. x.1920, Eyles 2755 (K, holotype).
Erica eylesii Alm & Fries [family ERICACEAE], in Ark. Bot. 21A (7): 6 (1927), non E. eylesii L. Bolus. Type: as for E. eylesii L. Bolus.
Erica eylesii var. blaeriodes H. Wild [family ERICACEAE], in Bothalia 6: 429, fig. 5 (1954). Type: as for E. pleiotricha vat. blaeriodes.
Information
Branchlets with no glandular hairs and many hairs with side branches to their apex. Stamens 4–8, sometimes exceeding the corolla by more than the length of the anther. Ovary sparsely to moderately pubescent with short simple hairs only.
Habitat
Amongst rocks, usually in rather damp places
Range
Known only from Zimbabwe and Mozambique
Altitude range
900–2300 m.
2300
900
Distribution
Mozambique MS Chimanimani Mts. summit of Nhamadima, fl. 18.iv.1960, Goodier & Phipps 365 (K; LISC; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Melsetter Distr., south–west ridge of Musapa Mt., 2000 m., fl. 9.x.1950, Chase 2951 (BM; COI; K; LISC; SRGH).

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