Species Erica meyeriana
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There aren’t any identifications of Erica meyeriana.
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 meyeriana:
Likely commemorating the German botanist Ernst Heinrich Friederich Meyer (1791-1858), a professor of botany at the University of Königsberg and curator of the botanical garden there. His major work was the four-volume Geschichte der Botanik (“History of Botany,” 1854–57).
Scientific name:
Erica meyeriana Klotzsch
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Protologue:
Linnaea 12: 541 (1838)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1838
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Erica meyeriana.