Species Erica solandra
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There aren’t any identifications of Erica solandra.
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 solandra:
Named in honour of Daniel Carlsson Solander (1733-1782), a Swedish naturalist and apostle of Carl Linneaus. Solander was the first university educated scientist to set foot on Australia. Botanist Bay was named after him, and he did the first botanical collections on New Zealand, and undertook important collections on Australia when his ship was damaged on the Great Barrier Reef.
Scientific name:
Erica solandra Andrews
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Unknown
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Protologue:
Heathery 2: ii. t. 89
Synonym status:
Erect shrublet to 40 cm. Flowers in heads, small, narrowly urn-shaped, magenta. Feb.--July. Lower slopes, SE (Outeniqua Mts: George and Kouga Mts).
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Erica solandra.
