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Taxon

Erica arborea L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 353. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Erica arborea. 93.0549--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 11 Feb 03. 101.jpg

Erica arborea. 93.0549--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 11 Feb 03. 101.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Erica arborea. 93.0549--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 11 Feb 03. 099.jpg

Erica arborea. 93.0549--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 11 Feb 03. 099.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Erica arborea. 93.0549--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 11 Feb 03. 100.jpg

Erica arborea. 93.0549--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 11 Feb 03. 100.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to 32 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, and Temperate Asia; introduced into Great Britain, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Tasmania (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

93.0549

February 11, 2003

Location

United States, California, Alameda County (Berkeley, UC Berkeley Botanical Garden)

37.87544, -122.238724

Location Remarks

Strawberry Canyon, University of California campus, city of Berkeley

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Ericaceae

Genus

Erica

Specific Epithet

arborea

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.2

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#296,347 of 335,497

Top 89%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →