Species Erica bauera
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Location unknown
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Etymology of Erica:
Gk. ereike = to break. The name used for a heath by Theophrastus (372–287 BCE) and Pliny the Elder. The stems are brittle and break easily (Lindsay); or possibly but less likely because of the ability of the plant to break up bladder stones (Paxton’s Botanical Dictionary).
Etymology of bauera:
Named in honour of Franz (later Francis) Bauer (1758 – 1840) he was an Austrian microscopist and botanical artist who later worked at Kew gardens as an illustrator.
Scientific name:
Unknown
Etymology applies to:
Common names:
Albertinia Heath
Witheide
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Unknown
Long etymology:
Francis Bauer was botanical artist to King George III of England, and resident draguhtsman at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew for 50 years. An Austrian by birth, Bauer was persuaded by Sir Joseph Banks to take up the position of artist at Kew, painting the many exotic plants there. The quality of his work is outstanding, as his paintings of Ericas in William Aiton's publication Delineation of Exotick Plants Cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) bear testimony.
Erect shrublet to 1 m. Flowers large, tubular-inflated, white to pink. June--Oct. Local on sandy flats, LB (Albertinia).
Observations of Taxon
Erica bauera
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Name of observer:
Pauline Bohnen (David)
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Date observed unknown
Erica bauera
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Name of observer:
Pauline Bohnen (David)
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Date observed unknown
Erica bauera
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Name of observer:
Gerhard Kirsten (David)
Date observed:
02/10/2010 - 2:00pm
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Erica bauera
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Name of observer:
Gerhard Kirsten (David)
Date observed:
02/10/2010 - 2:00pm
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