Erica × veitchii nothosubsp. asturica Fagúndez

Fagúndez, Jaime, 2012, Study of some European wild hybrids of Erica L. (Ericaceae), with descriptions of a new nothospecies: Erica nelsonii Fagúndez and a new nothosubspecies: Erica veitchii nothosubsp. asturica Fagúndez, Candollea 67 (1), pp. 51-57 : 55

3. Erica × veitchii nothosubsp. asturica Fagúndez

( E. arborea L. × E. lusitanica subsp. cantabrica Fagúndez & Izco ), nothosubsp. nova

Typus: SPAIN. Oviedo : (sub. E. arborea ), Candamo, Laracha, 29TQJ 4010, 105 m, 8.IV.2002, J. J. Lastra s.n. (holo-: SANT [47856] ; iso-: LIST!).

Hybrida ex E. arborea et E. lusitanica subsp. cantabrica genita, caulibus pilis simplicibus non pilis divisis, floribus bractea et bracteola ad basim pedicelli instructis, corolla 3-3.5 mm, filamentis staminorum glabris, antheris 0.8 -1 mm appendiculis spinulosis.

This hybrid was proposed in FAGÚNDEZ (2006) but the name E. lusitanica subsp. cantabrica Fagúndez & Izco was only validly published one year later ( FAGÚNDEZ & IZCO, 2007). The type for E. × veitchii Bean has been proposed by NELSON (2008) and it should apply to nothosubsp. veitchii. E. × veitchii was described by BEAN (1905) based on a plant discovered in a nursery in Exeter (UK). Its parents were plants cultivated at the nursery; none of the species are native in the UK. The first reference to this cross was provided by LAGUNA (1883), but there is no reference material and no name was proposed. I have studied some material labelled as the cross of E. arborea and E. lusitanica Rudolphi from different herbaria. All of these turned out to be within the variability of E. arborea .

Specimens examined. – (sub. E. arborea ). SPAIN. León: Ancares, 1973, Benítez ( COA [ 21331 ] [labelled Erica × veitchii , det. Pujadas 1996]) . Jaén: Valles del Linarejo , 5.III.1967, Ladero ( MAF [ 118272 ] [labelled Erica arborea × E. lusitanica ]) . Cáceres: Sierras de Altamira y Carbonera , 5.IV.1967, Ladero ( MAF [ 147963 [labelled Erica arborea × E. lusitanica ]).