Erica afra
| Erica afra | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Erica |
| Species: | E. afra
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| Binomial name | |
| Erica afra | |
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Erica afra,[3] the water heath, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Erica. It's a small tree, sometimes a shrub, that grows in riparian habitats and on forest edges and occurs from the Western Cape to the Drakensberg of KwaZulu-Natal and Lesotho.[2][4] The tree's flowers look like bells. The tree's national tree number is 572.[5]
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]The etymology of the original species name caffra is related to kaffir, an ethnic slur used towards black people in Africa. At the July 2024 International Botanical Congress, a vote was held with the result that "caffra" related names will be emended to afra related ones, with the implementation of this being done at the end of July 2024.[6]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. 2019. Erica caffra. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T143722238A143722240. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T143722238A143722240.en. Accessed on 3 January 2022.
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