Erica erigena R. Ross, 1969

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part E), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 490-515 : 501

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Erica viridipurpurea Linnaeus View in CoL , Species Plantarum 1: 353. 1753 View Cited Treatment , nom. utique rej. prop.

"Habitat in Lusitania." RCN: 2720, 2778.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Clifford: 148, Erica 5? ( BM) ; [icon] in Clusius, Rar. Pl. Hist. 1: 42. 1601.

Current name: Erica erigena R. Ross View in CoL ( Ericaceae ).

Note: Specific epithet spelled “viridi-purpurea” in the protologue.

Cafferty & Nelson (in Taxon 54: 206. 2005) proposed the rejection of the name as the only available type element is identifiable as E. erigena R. Ross (1969) , a name in widespread current use.