Species Erica dregei
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There aren’t any identifications of Erica dregei.
Range:
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 dregei:
Commemorates the brothers Carl Friedrich Drege (1791-1867) and Johann Franz Drege (1794-1881) of Huguenot ancestry. Prodigious botanists and plant collectors in the Cape.’
Scientific name:
Unknown
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Protologue:
Contr. Bolus Herb. 19: 128 (2000)
Synonym status:
Year published:
2000
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Erica dregei.