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Erica > Section: Pachysa

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons >  Core Eudicots >  Asterids > Order: Ericales > Family: Ericaceae > Genus: Erica

 

Genera in southern Africa

Erica alexandri

Includes subsp. alexandri and subsp. acockii.

 

Erica andreaei

 

Erica ardens

 

Erica barrydalensis

 

Erica blenna

 

Erica carduifolia

 

Erica crenata

 

Erica eustacei

 

Erica fairii

 

Erica ferrea

 

Erica flocciflora

 

Erica formosa

 

Erica frigida

 

Erica glomiflora

 

Erica ixanthera

 

Erica jananthus

 

Erica juniperina

 

Erica macroloma

 

Erica multumbellifera

[= Erica ramentacea]

Widespread in the Western Cape , occurring from Tulbagh round to Riversdale. Occurs on moist sandy slopes and flats, usually as a carpet of mauve-pink, low growing (up to 40 cm high) shrubs. Individual bead-like flowers are about 4 mm long and slightly sticky. 

Erica multumbellifera

Erica nubigena

 

Erica obliqua

 

Erica oblongiflora

 

Erica odorata

 

Erica physodes

 

Erica richardii

 

Erica schlechteri

 

Erica spectabilis

 

Erica syngenesia

 

Erica tragulifera

 

Erica umbelliflora

 

Erica urna-viridis

 

Erica winteri

 

Erica wittebergensis

 

Erica zwartbergensis

 
 

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