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June 2025

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Erica spiculifolia Salisb.

This species name was first published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 6: 324 (1802)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000673292.

Synonyms of Erica spiculifolia Salisb.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Menziesia bruckenthalii Baumg. Enum. Stirp. Transsilv. 1: 333 (1816) wfo-0000375939
Bruckenthalia spiculifolia (Salisb.) Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. : 414 (1831) wfo-0000572724
Bruckenthalia spiculifolia f. albiflora D.C.McClint. Plantsman 6(3): 191 (1984) wfo-0000572726
Erica bruckenthalii (Baumg.) Spreng. Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. 1: 271 (1820) wfo-0000671563
Erica olympiaca Sibth. ex Salisb. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 6: 324 (1802) wfo-0000672765
Erica spiculifolia f. albiflora (D.C.McClint.) E.C.Nelson & D.C.McClint. Year Book Heather Soc. 1997: 37 (1997) wfo-0000673293
Erica transsylvanica Willd. ex Klotzsch Linnaea 12: 217 (1838) wfo-0000673440
Erica scoparia subsp. macrosperma K.Jessen, S.Anderson & A.Farrington Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 44 B 10: 205 (1959) wfo-1200041074
Erica spiculiflora G.Don. Gen. Hist. 3: 797 (1834) wfo-1200041158
Bruckenthalia spiculiflora Benth. Prodromus 7: 694 (1839) wfo-1200041159