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Erica

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Erica

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Also known as heather

genus of plants

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Erica is a genus of plants within the family Ericaceae. It belongs to the order Ericales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The genus was described by L. and has the taxonomic type Erica cinerea. Common names for this group include heath, Dophei, 欧石南属, and resa. The fruit type is a capsule.

The native range of Erica includes Albania, Algeria, Angola, Austria, the Azores, Baleares, the Baltic States, Belgium, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cameroon, and the Canary Islands. Specimens have been recorded in South Africa, Namibia, the United States, Madagascar, and France. The taxon status is accepted.

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Species

Genus

  1. PhylumTracheophyta
  2. ClassMagnoliopsida
  3. OrderEricales
  4. FamilyEricaceae
Native toAlbania, Algeria, Angola, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belgium, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Is.

Erica is een geslacht van spinnen uit de familie springspinnen (Salticidae).

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
3,397
With media
2,647
Family
Ericaceae
Collections
NY, SD, MEL, BPBM, MO, RSA
Recorded in
South Africa, Namibia, United States, Madagascar, France, Tanzania
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Ericaceae
Image
Erica tetralix 2B.jpg
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Commons category
Erica (plant)
taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Erica
topic's main category
Category:Erica (plant)
Commons gallery
Erica
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=4377
taxon common name
vřesovec
has fruit type
capsule
different from
Funda
taxonomic type
Erica cinerea
described by source
Pauly–Wissowa
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Encyclopedic overview

Erica is a genus of roughly 857 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. The English common names heath and heather are shared by some closely related genera of similar appearance. The genus Calluna was formerly included in Erica; it differs in having even smaller scale-leaves (less than 2–3 millimetres long), and the flower corolla consisting of separate petals. Erica is sometimes referred to as "winter (or spring) heather" to distinguish it from Calluna "summer (or autumn) heather".

European species

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