Species Erica macowanii
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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 macowanii:
Commemorating the botanist Peter MacOwan (1830-1909)
Scientific name:
Erica macowanii Cufino
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Protologue:
Boll. Soc. Bot. Ital. 290 (1903)
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Year published:
1903
Sturdy erect shrub to 1.5 m. Flowers large, tubular, yellow or red with yellow mouth, hairy. Aug.--Mar. Mid to upper slopes, SW (Kogelberg to Hermanus, Caledon: Swartberg).
Observations of Taxon
Erica macowanii
Name of observer:
Anne Bean & Amida Johns (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Erica macowanii
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Name of observer:
Gerhard Kirsten (David)
Date observed:
14/10/2010 - 2:00pm
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Erica macowanii
Name of observer:
Gerha (David)
Date observed:
14/10/2010 - 2:00pm
Collection:
Erica macowanii
Locality:
Name of observer:
Gerhard Kirsten (David)
Date observed:
14/10/2010 - 2:00pm
Collection:
Erica macowanii
Locality:
Name of observer:
Gerhard Kirsten (David)
Date observed:
14/10/2010 - 2:00pm
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