Species Erica fourcadei
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There aren’t any identifications of Erica fourcadei.
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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 fourcadei:
Commemorating French botanist Henry Georges Fourcade (1865-1948), surveyor and collector in the Southern Cape.
Scientific name:
Erica fourcadei L. Bolus
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Protologue:
Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 185 (1933)
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Year published:
1933
Erect semi-spreading shrublet to 30 cm. Flowers large, tubular, red or yellowish. Apr.--Oct. Coastal rocks and lower slopes, SE (Knysna to Kareedouw).
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Erica fourcadei.