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    Erica spiculifolia  SALISB.    
 

Fam.: Ericaceae / Heather Fam.  

Synon.:  Bruckenthalia spiculifolia  (SALISB.) RCHB.

Genus:  Erica  L.,  Bruckenthalia  RCHB.
 

Authors:
   SALISB.:  Richard Anthony Salisbury (Richard Markham, 1761 - 1829), English botanist
   RCHB.:  Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (1793 - 1879), German botanist
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
 

Etymology:
   Erica:   Roman plant name
   spiculifolia:   leaves with a small tip
   Bruckenthalia:   Samuel Freiherr von Bruckenthal (1723 - 1803), Austrian statesman in Transsylvania (Siebenbürgen)
 

Erica spiculifolia / Spike Heath, D Botan. Gar.  Universit.  Mainz 4.8.2007
Fig. 1:  Erica spiculifolia / Spike Heath (cultiv.)
D Botan. Gar. Universit. Mainz 4.8.2007
Erica spiculifolia / Spike Heath, D Botan. Gar.  Universit.  Mainz 4.8.2007
Fig. 2:  Erica spiculifolia / Spike Heath (cultiv.)
D Botan. Gar. Universit. Mainz 4.8.2007
Erica spiculifolia / Spike Heath, D Botan. Gar.  Universit.  Mainz 4.8.2007
Fig. 3:  Erica spiculifolia / Spike Heath (cultiv.)
D Botan. Gar. Universit. Mainz 4.8.2007

 


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