Species Erica lehmannii
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There aren’t any identifications of Erica lehmannii.
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 lehmannii:
Honouring J.G.C. Lehmann (1792 - 1860), a Hamburg botanist who was an acquainteance of Klotzch. He described the cycad genus Encephalartos and published a book on the cycads in 1860
Scientific name:
Unknown
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Protologue:
Prodr. (DC.) 7(2): 618 (1839)
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Year published:
1839
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Erica lehmannii.