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Ericaceae

Erica

Erica regerminans L.

First published in Mant. Pl. 2: 232 (1771)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is Cape Prov. It grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution
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Other data

Native to:

Cape Provinces

Homotypic Synonyms

Ericoides regerminans (L.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 967 (1891)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Erica ellipticiflora Dulfer in Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 66: 24 (1963)
Erica juncea Bartl. in Linnaea 7: 648 (1832)
Erica leucantha G.Don in Gen. Hist. 3: 792 (1834)
Erica lichtensteinii Klotzsch in Linnaea 12: 504 (1838)
Erica multumbellifera Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 7: 679 (1839)
Erica pelviformis Salisb. in Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 298 (1796)
Erica persoluta Curtis in Bot. Mag. 10: t. 342 (1796)
Erica racemifera Andrews in Col. Engr. Heaths 3: 204 (1809)
Erica regerminans Andrews in Col. Engr. Heaths 4: 265 (1810), nom. illeg.
Erica rosea Licht. ex Klotzsch in Linnaea 12: 504 (1838), pro syn.
Erica smithiana Lodd. ex G.Sinclair in Hort. Eric. Woburn.: 23 (1825)
Erica uncifolia Salisb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 6: 369 (1802)
Erica virescens Thunb. in Erica: 37 (1785)
Ericoides virescens (Thunb.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 968 (1891)
Syringodea virescens (Thunb.) G.Don in Gen. Hist. 3: 824 (1834)

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Date	Reference	Identified As	Barcode	Type Status	Has image?
	Salisbury [s.n.]		K000314492	Unknown type material	Yes
			K000314493		Yes
	Lodd. [s.n.]		K000314494		Yes
	Niven [s.n.], South Africa		K000314495		Yes
			K000314496		Yes

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0