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Taxon:  Erica arborea L.



Summary
Genus:
Erica
Family:
Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Ericoideae
Tribe:
Ericeae
Nomen number:
15443
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:353. 1753
Verified:
05/12/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
17 (17  active, 1  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Erica arborea (17 active accession[s])
Erica arborea L. var. alpina Dieck ex Bean (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Cufodontis, G. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta. 1953-1972
  3. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  4. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993
  5. Eriksson, O. et al. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 2. 1979
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  7. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  8. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
  9. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
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  18. Troupin, G. Flore du Rwanda. 1978-
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  20. Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968
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Common names
English
brierroot –
tree heath –
Portuguese (Brazil)
urze-arbustivo –
Swedish
trädljung –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalMadeira Islands 
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanary Islands 
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria n.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece incl. Crete
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance incl. Corsica
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain incl. Baleares
2Cultivated    also cult.
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Madeira Islands]
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (n.), Morocco, Tunisia
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Rwanda
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Georgia
  • WESTERN ASIA: Turkey
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Crete), Croatia, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (incl. Baleares), France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom
Economic Uses
Environmental
Materials
wood (source of briar-root for making pipes, bowls fide Dict Econ Pl; Hortus 3) –
Weed
(fide Invasive Pl Spec) –


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