Species Erica mauritanica
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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 mauritanica:
From the Latin Mauritanica / Mauritania the country in northwest Africa which is now Algeria and Morocco, and from where the 'moors' came from
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Unknown
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Observations of Taxon
Erica mauritanica
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
10/08/2005 - 2:27pm
Collection:
Erica mauritanica
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
10/08/2005 - 2:59pm
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