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Two new species of <i>Erica</i> (Ericaceae); one from Western Cape and one from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Author(s) -

E. G. H. Oliver,

I. M. Oliver

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

bothalia

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 2311-9284

pISSN - 0006-8241

DOI - 10.4102/abc.v34i1.400

Subject(s) - cape , ericaceae , geography , population , range (aeronautics) , botany , biology , ecology , archaeology , demography , materials science , sociology , composite material

Two new species of Erica L. from South Africa are described. E. jananthus E.G.H.Oliv. & I.M .Oliv. is confined to a single peak in the eastern Groot Swartberg Range in Western Cape and usually forms a small, gnarled, woody, shrublet growing in rock crevices with sticky white flowers and black subexserted anthers that have obtrullate decurrent appendages.E. psittacina E.G.H.Oliv. & I.M.Oliv. is from KwaZulu-Natal. It forms large woodv shrubs with numerous bright pinkflowers and occurs as a single population on a mountain near Creighton. Both descriptions are accompanied by line drawings and distribution maps