Taxon: Erica carnea L.

• conserved (nom. cons.) against the heterotypic synonym (Melbourne ICN Art. 14.4 & App. IV) Erica herbacea L., nom. rej.
• review history of nomenclature proposal concerning this name from the Smithsonian Institution's database

• the 67 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• winter heath   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• urze   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• vårljung   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Taxon 36:481. 1987)
  

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Morocco
• EUROPE
  Middle Europe: Austria; Germany [s.]; Switzerland
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Croatia; Italy [n. & c.]; Macedonia; Romania; Serbia; Slovenia
  Southwestern Europe: France [s.e.]; Portugal; Spain

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Brickell, C. D. & B. Mathew. 1987. (876) Proposal to conserve Erica carnea L. against E. herbacea L. (Ericaceae). Taxon 36:479–481.
• Brummitt, R. K. 1990. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 37. Taxon 39:294. [conservation proposal recommended].
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. [= E. herbacea].
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976).
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. [= E. hederacea L.].
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Erica carnea.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Erica carnea.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Erica carnea.

Synonyms:

• (=) Erica herbacea L.
  
• (=) Erica mediterranea L.
  (previously associated with 19 accessions)

Check other web resources for Erica carnea L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Erica carnea cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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