Species Erica pearsoniana
Pictures from Observations
There aren’t any identifications of Erica pearsoniana.
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 pearsoniana:
Named after Professor Henry Harold Welch Pearson (1870-1916), the first director of Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden in South Africa. Pearson was a tremendous influence on South African as well as Namibian botany (then South West Africa). His biography is available on Wikipedia.
Scientific name:
Unknown
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Ann. Bolus Herb. 2: 159 (1918)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1918
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Erica pearsoniana.