Erica > Section: Pleurocallis
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
Species native to southern Africa
Erica abietina Distribution: South Africa > Western
Cape |
 |
Erica amidae |
|
Erica annectens
Distribution: South Africa > Western
Cape |
|
Erica baueri
Distribution: South Africa > Western
Cape |
 |
Erica filamentosa
Distribution: South Africa > Western
Cape |
|
Erica filipendula
Distribution: South Africa > Western
Cape |
|
Erica gilva
|
 |
Erica globulifera
Distribution: South Africa > Western
Cape |
|
Erica hibbertii
Distribution: South Africa > Western
Cape |
|
Erica mammosa [= Erica gilva]
Distribution: South Africa > Western
Cape |
|
Erica nematophylla
Distribution: South Africa > Western
Cape |
|
Erica nevillei
Distribution: South Africa > Western
Cape |
|
Erica penduliflora |
|
Erica pinea
Distribution: South Africa > Western
Cape |
|
Erica quadrisulcata
Distribution: South Africa > Western
Cape |
|
Erica regia Distribution: South Africa > Western
Cape |
|
Erica sessiliflora
Distribution: South Africa > Western
Cape |
|
Erica thomae
[= Erica porteri, Erica tenax]
Endemic to fynbos in the Kogelberg
Biosphere Reserve (South Africa: Western Cape); found mainly in the
Betty's Bay area. Grows as an erect, robust shrub to a height of about 1
m. The elongate tubular, sticky flowers are white to pink in colour. |
|
Erica vestita
(Trembling heath) Distribution: South Africa > Western
Cape |
 |
Erica viscaria |
|
Erica petrusiana |
|
Publications
-
Oliver, E.G.H. & Oliver, I.M. 2003. Ericaceae. In
Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds), Plants of southern Africa: an
annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 424-451. National Botanical
Institute, Pretoria.
-
Schumann, D., Kirsten, G & Oliver, E.G.H.
1992. Ericas of South Africa. Fernwood Press, Cape Town.
|